Are we really overdiagnosing mental illness? | Mental health
My psychological research rarely makes good comedy material, but in a standup show in London recently, those two worlds collided....
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Is Psychiatry’s Myth of Mental Health as Damaging as Its Myth of Mental Illness?
Thomas Szasz’s The Myth of Mental Illness (1961) is perhaps the most famous critique of psychiatry. Many people, through either...
‘What I see in clinic is never a set of labels’: are we in danger of overdiagnosing mental illness? | Mental health
Someone is shot, and almost dies; the fragility of life is intimately revealed to him. He goes on to have...
New Colorado law requires insurers to cover mental health like physical illness
Advocates said the law ensures that Coloradans can access the care they are paying for without facing a crushing financial...
Family support is key for people with mental illness but caregivers need help too : NPR
After caring for his brother, who has schizophrenia, for many years Mitul Desai started a company to support caregivers like...
Reiner deaths renew conversations for families struggling with mental illness, addiction
William Brangham: The murders of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, allegedly by their son Nick, have...
‘Life being stressful is not an illness’
Catherine Burns,Health correspondent ,Vicki Loader,Health producerandHarriet AgerholmGetty ImagesHundreds of GPs across England have told the BBC they think mental health...
SAMHSA cuts endanger people facing addiction or mental illness
O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT,...
Navigating mental illness in the workplace can be tricky, but employees are entitled to accommodations
Mental health challenges can affect anyone, regardless of background or circumstance, and they are becoming more common across the United...
