Psychiatry News

Johns Hopkins University researchers have released two follow-up papers to their fascinating 2006 study in Psychopharmacology , in which 36 healthy volunteers were given psilocybin under controlled laboratory ...

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 05 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT Administrative errors could be responsible for over half of patients with mental health problems failing to turn up for their hospital ...

Main Category: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 05 Jul 2008 The mystery of why one person becomes hooked on alcohol, heroin, sex or gambling, and ...

British psychiatrist Dr. Himanshu Tyagi has called social networking sites like Facebook a place "where relationships are quickly disposed at the click of a mouse.

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Mental Health Article Date: 05 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT Meditation sessions are proving a hit for members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists at their ...

Main Category: Mental Health Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 05 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT Religion can provide a "cure for the soul" by educating people to be self-aware and accepting that ...

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 04 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT There is no evidence that young terrorists are mentally ill, a leading authority on terrorism has ...

Children growing up amid the rise of social networking Web sites may have a "potentially dangerous" view of the world, a leading psychiatrist in Britain has suggested.

The British Journal of Psychiatry 193: 51-59. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.043190 © 2008 The Royal College of Psychiatrists OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE Cognitive-behavioural therapy v . structured care for medically ...

Main Category: Mental Health Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 02 Jul 2008 - 14:00 PDT In a major new report launched, the Royal College of Psychiatrists calls for action to end the ...

Facebook and MySpace users are a danger to the world and themselves, an expert has warned.

Main Category: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry ; Schizophrenia ; Mental Health Article Date: 03 Jul 2008 - 3:00 PDT People who smoke skunk, the extra strong ...

The British Journal of Psychiatry 193: A3. doi: 10.1192/bjp.193.1.A3 © 2008 The Royal College of Psychiatrists Sukhwinder S. Shergill Pathways between waking and sleep Care pathways for mental health are ...

When terminal cancer patients would like to use marijuana to ease the nausea from chemo-therapy, the government tells them "Tough shit! Suck it up!" And now the newest group of patients to get shat on by the ...

We all know people who are tense and nervous and can't relax. They may have been wired differently since childhood.

From day one of NHS BLOG DOCTOR I have been determined to warn of the gradual destruction of the NHS.

Main Category: Mental Health Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 25 Jun 2008 - 4:00 PDT As formal consultation on the National Dementia Strategy for England begins, key organisations are ...

We used to know what infidelity was: sex with someone other than your mate. But the 21st century seems to have blurred those clear-cut lines.

People who suffer from severe depression following a heart attack might be more likely to experience cardiac complications while hospitalized, according to a new study.

People suffering from mental illness are frequently being misdiagnosed or receiving inadequate treatment, according to a group of leading psychiatrists.