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2 hours ago

AI in the mental health care workforce is met with fear, pushback and enthusiasm

AI tools are increasingly adopted in mental health, raising concerns about job replacement and the quality of care.
Healthcare
fromFuturism
17 hours ago

Startup Approved to Let AI System Prescribe Psychiatric Medication

AI app Legion Health can prescribe psychiatric medications in Utah under strict conditions, raising concerns about over-treatment and patient care quality.
fromPsychology Today
16 hours ago

Why We Distinguish Suicide Clusters From Pacts

On February 1, 2026, a man associated with Ivaylo Kalushev received a message from him: 'Goodbye, friend, we are very tired and have no more strength.' The next day, police found the bodies of three middle-aged men at Kalushev's burnt lodge in western Bulgaria.
Russo-Ukrainian War
Books
fromPsychology Today
9 hours ago

Is Recovery Too Serious to Be Funny?

Recovery literature often overlooks humor, focusing instead on serious tones despite the potential for laughter in the journey.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
12 hours ago

Psychology says people who've mastered not caring aren't detached - they went through a period of caring so much it nearly broke them, and came out the other side with a much shorter list - Silicon Canals

Mastering the art of not caring comes from exhaustion, not indifference, after deeply caring and learning what deserves emotional energy.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

I Don't Want to Be Fixed, I Just Want to Be Heard

Couples often fight over whose reality is valid, but what they truly desire is to be heard without judgment or correction.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

Not everyone who avoids asking for help is proud. Some of them asked once, received it with a lecture attached, and learned that the cost of support was a small erosion of standing they could never quite earn back. - Silicon Canals

Asking for help can lead to unintended consequences that affect relationships and self-perception.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

Building Wisdom With BDNF-and Ketamine

BDNF is crucial for brain health, and can be boosted through healthy habits and ketamine, aiding neuroplasticity and cognitive function.
Writing
fromEsquire
5 days ago

My Best Friend Lived an Extraordinary Life. Why Did He Take It So Soon?

Friendship can form unexpectedly, as seen in the bond between two boys who became best friends despite being in separate classrooms.
fromThe Nation
6 days ago

The Hidden Crisis of Addiction Treatment

Doyle's death at Above It All is one of several preventable deaths that Walter investigates in Rehab. The case exemplifies systemic failures in addiction treatment.
SOMA, SF
Wellness
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

When "I'm Trying to Be Good" Isn't So Innocent

Diet talk reinforces harmful beliefs about body image, health, and worth, impacting body dissatisfaction and promoting negative comparisons.
NYC politics
fromCity Limits
1 week ago

Opinion: New York's Mental Health Crisis Demands We Invest in Programs That Work

Scaling and coordinating effective behavioral health programs is essential for creating a continuum of care in New York City.
Film
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 days ago

23 films that expose the reality of conversion therapy - LGBTQ Nation

Conversion therapy is inhumane, ineffective, and continues to have lasting emotional and cultural effects on individuals and society.
Healthcare
fromThe Verge
3 days ago

This chatbot can prescribe psych meds. Kind of.

Utah allows an AI system to prescribe psychiatric drugs, raising concerns about risks and the effectiveness of expanding mental health care.
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

People With Bipolar and BPD Struggle in Mental Healthcare

There is a unique kind of pain in losing your mind, not just once, but over and over. Losing your perception of reality, of your emotions, of your closest relationships-both across months and multiple times a day. Knowing deep down that something is wrong but being unable to stop it.
Mental health
#adhd
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

How to Stop Taking Things Personally When You Have ADHD

ADHD can intensify the tendency to take things personally due to emotional processing and past experiences.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago
Mental health

False online posts fuel self-diagnosis, says study

Inaccurate social media posts about ADHD and autism contribute to increased belief in neurodevelopmental conditions among young people.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago
Mental health

Are we really overdiagnosing mental illness?

Self-diagnosis and concept creep have contributed to increased reports of ADHD and mental health conditions, producing some genuine rises and some overdiagnosis.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

How to Stop Taking Things Personally When You Have ADHD

ADHD can intensify the tendency to take things personally due to emotional processing and past experiences.
Mental health
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

False online posts fuel self-diagnosis, says study

Inaccurate social media posts about ADHD and autism contribute to increased belief in neurodevelopmental conditions among young people.
#mental-health
NYC politics
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

Assisted Outpatient Treatment Doesn't Work. Mamdani Could Stop It.

Coercive mental health care lacks evidence to support its necessity and effectiveness.
fromBoston.com
6 days ago

How one family's bipolar disorder experience led to more than $1 billion for the Broad Institute in Cambridge

The Stanley Family Foundation announced another $280 million for the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute earlier this month, bringing its total contributions to the Massachusetts-based nonprofit over $1 billion.
Medicine
Brooklyn
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I help people with psychosis off the streets. Sometimes, their minds won't let them leave

Mental health chaplains work with homeless individuals experiencing serious mental illness, navigating the complex intersection of psychiatric symptoms, delusions, and housing instability while maintaining compassion and patience.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

The Negativity Bias Impacts Everything in Our Lives

Humans are evolutionarily predisposed to focus on negativity for survival, but this can lead to harmful cognitive patterns.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

This Theory Explains Why Neurodivergents Are Burning Out

Neurodivergent individuals experience higher burnout rates, necessitating accommodations to balance job demands and resources.
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

The Erasure That Altered Who "Counts" as Autistic

In 1925, Sukhareva clearly described older boys who were writing for a school newspaper in a great literary style, playing musical instruments, creating art, connecting deeply with nature and select individuals, and holding on to their ethical principles. They also had sensory sensitivities, limited motor coordination, intense idiosyncratic interests, and difficulties with socializing.
Writing
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Why We Don't Change-Even When We Know What's Wrong

Insight alone is insufficient for change; real experiences are necessary to challenge ingrained beliefs and expectations.
Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

You Don't Have to Think or Feel Positive for Good Mental Health

Labeling thoughts and emotions as positive or negative creates false associations with goodness and badness, hindering genuine emotional regulation and mental health.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

3 Signs You're Carrying Someone Else's Anxiety

Empathy can lead to emotional overload for highly empathic individuals, causing them to absorb and internalize others' emotions.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

My Schizophrenia Recovery Today

Schizophrenia recovery is possible through persistent treatment; the author achieved full symptom remission after initial total disability diagnosis using clozapine therapy.
Social justice
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

What if Addiction Isn't the Problem?

Addiction's lack of clear definition undermines regulatory efforts against corporations; reframing addiction as a common human state rather than inherently harmful could better address actual harms and protect children from exploitative design.
Medicine
fromNews Center
2 weeks ago

Schizophrenia Study Finds New Biomarker, Drug Candidate to Treat Cognitive Symptoms - News Center

Northwestern researchers identified a novel schizophrenia biomarker in cerebrospinal fluid that could enable new treatments for cognitive symptoms through a synthetic protein therapeutic approach.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Remembering an Angel With a Traumatic Brain Injury

Laura, despite severe brain damage, radiated joy and built meaningful connections with caregivers, enriching their lives through her infectious spirit.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
6 days ago

Caring for the Part of You That Wants to Die

Suicide ideation affects 15.6% of U.S. adults, with significant risk factors including mental disorders, trauma, and social circumstances.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Can a Ketogenic Diet "Cure" Schizophrenia?

Ketogenic diets may help some people with schizophrenia, but rigorous scientific studies remain lacking and claiming to 'cure' severe mental illness through diet alone oversimplifies complex chronic conditions.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Multi-Determinism in Eating Disorders

Eating disorders result from complex interactions of childhood experiences, biological factors, and social influences requiring individualized, multifaceted treatment approaches rather than single-cause solutions.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

The Facts About Bipolar Disorder in Older People

Older adults face ageism in mental health services, complicating the diagnosis and treatment of conditions like late-onset bipolar disorder.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Treating Psychosis: Why We Aren't Hearing Our Patients

Healthcare providers often fail to listen to patients with psychosis, allowing their own anxiety and certainty to override genuine curiosity about the patient's lived experience and perspective.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

5 Signs That Dissociation May Be Present in Therapy

Dissociation manifests subtly in therapy through emotional shifts, parts language, and disconnection as adaptive survival mechanisms rather than pathology.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

How Beliefs About Depression Can Harm

Beliefs about depression's nature significantly impact treatment outcomes, with biological explanations potentially hindering recovery through reduced agency and pessimism.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

What Does It Mean to Own Your Addiction?

True addiction recovery requires understanding the story behind addictive behaviors rather than simply erasing or disowning them as unwanted parts of oneself.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

Why Mental Health Language Is Everywhere Now

Mental health terminology has migrated from clinical settings into everyday conversation, reducing stigma and increasing awareness, but clinical meanings shift in common speech, requiring precision for effective care and public discourse.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

The Brain Beneath the Label

Schizophrenia may represent two distinct biological pathways with different cortical-subcortical balance, explaining why some patients like John Nash maintain cognitive function while others experience severe decline.
#adhd-diagnosis
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

How ADHD diagnosis helped my mental health | Letters

ADHD and autism are neurodevelopmental conditions with distinct neurological differences, not spectrum traits everyone possesses; diagnosis provides crucial self-understanding and validation rather than limiting labels.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

How ADHD diagnosis helped my mental health | Letters

ADHD and autism are neurodevelopmental conditions with distinct neurological differences, not spectrum traits everyone possesses; diagnosis provides crucial self-understanding and validation rather than limiting labels.
#psychiatry
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Deception of Depression

Depression is insidious. For people suffering from depression, joy is elusive. Depression is not only a general feeling of sadness or being down and out. It is a serious condition and needs attention. People suffering from depression cannot just get over it and move on. They need support, healing, and to discover the epicenter of their pain.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

People With Mental Illness Are Too Easily 'Othered'

Anyone who is under psychiatric care, or loves someone who is, may want to read the book The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today, by Susanne Paola Antonetta. If you care about history, particularly the history of eugenics, you may be interested as well. The book may offer us more respect for the mind, for consciousness, and its diversity.
Psychology
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Genetic Map Redrawing the Borders of Mental Illness

Five broad genetic families underlie 14 psychiatric disorders, suggesting diagnostic categories reflect shared biological landscapes rather than distinct diseases.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Who Does It Help? It's a Good Question in Mental Health Care

Subgroup and biomarker-guided analyses reveal that antidepressants can produce faster, stronger responses in specific genetic or biological subgroups, reducing trial-and-error prescribing.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

5 Things Therapy Can Do for You (and 5 Things It Can't)

Therapy provides skills and perspectives but cannot create motivation, directly change others, or guarantee specific outcomes; success depends on client commitment and readiness.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Mental Health and Sickness Benefits: Lessons From History

Mental health diagnoses account for 80% of young people's benefit claims, but evidence shows psychiatric treatments produce minimal symptom reduction without proven long-term employment outcomes.
#mental-health-diagnosis
#schizophrenia
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How We Define Psychosis Matters

Psychosis is a spectrum condition where reality becomes confusing or unclear, causing hallucinations and delusions that many people experience to varying degrees.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Building a House: Treating Psychosis With Anti-Psychotics

Antipsychotics can provide early emotional stability and improved reality testing, serving as a temporary foundation while psychotherapy and life-rebuilding continue.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

What I see in clinic is never a set of labels': are we in danger of overdiagnosing mental illness?

Ancient texts describe mental suffering resembling modern disorders, showing such conditions are timeless while psychiatric labels and diagnostic boundaries continue to change.
Mental health
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Psychiatrists plan to overhaul the mental health bibleand change how we define disorder'

The DSM will shift toward biomarker-based, more scientific diagnostic criteria and may rename the manual to emphasize "scientific" over "statistical".
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Depression Clinicians Don't Talk About

They arrive on time, think clearly, and care about their clients. Outwardly, everything seems fine. In private, though, things can feel very different. A clinician's depression may not show up as clear despair. More often, it feels like emotional numbness, quietly withdrawing, or slowly losing interest in things that once mattered. Pleasure fades, curiosity lessens, and the work goes on, but it feels heavier and less alive.
Mental health
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Living Well With Psychosis: Is It Possible?

Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy combines CBT principles with recovery-focused goals to help people with psychosis regain hope, pursue meaningful life goals, and improve functioning.
#dsm
fromNature
1 month ago
Mental health

Updates to the 'bible' for mental-health conditions will miss the mark - is it time to ditch the DSM?

fromNature
1 month ago
Mental health

Updates to the 'bible' for mental-health conditions will miss the mark - is it time to ditch the DSM?

Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Psychology's Misdiagnosis Problem

AI can substantially reduce diagnostic errors in psychology by synthesizing complex, multi-source information that humans struggle to weigh accurately.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Environmental Triggers for Schizophrenia

Identifying and addressing environmental triggers and trauma through therapy improves recovery, normalizes psychosis causes, and enhances quality of life.
Mental health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

When it comes to mental health labels, we need to tread lightly | Letters

Social inequality and hardship drive much mental ill-being; cautious, neurodiversity-informed therapeutic approaches and careful use of diagnostic labels can aid mentalisation and prevention.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Psychiatric drugs aren't always the answer | Letter

Yes, there has been a shocking lack of progress in developing transformative psychiatric medicine (We need new drugs for mental ill-health, 5 February), but this may be because in mental health, drugs are not always the answer (see, for example, Richard P Bentall's Doctoring the Mind). Huge progress has been made in the effectiveness of talking therapies for example, free effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is available to all UK army veterans through the charity PTSD Resolution.
Mental health
#addiction
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

What Is Hope in Mental Health Treatment?

Hope is an active process involving a vision of a better future, imagination, trust, and conviction that a better life can occur despite obstacles.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Better Way to Respond to Mental Health Crises

Most mental health crises do not justify deadly force; specialized mental-health crisis teams reduce violence and produce safer, better outcomes.
Mental health
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

It's the foundation of psychiatric diagnosis. And it's about to get a makeover

The DSM will become an online, continuously updated "living document" with broader stakeholder input, replacing slow, print-based revisions.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Harm to Clients When Mental Health "Cures" are Promised

Unverified promises of psychological cures can create false hope and harm; treatment claims must be evidence-based, ethical, and framed with realistic expectations.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

How Biological Beliefs Influence Medication Use

Many antidepressant users endorse biological causes for depression, which associates with prognostic pessimism, longer treatment duration, and reduced attempts to discontinue medication.
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