Psychiatry News

Prosecutors in the case against Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained scientist accused of being an Al Qaeda operative, on Sunday cited reports by psychologists who say that Aafia Siddique is fit for trial.

Editor's Choice Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Mental Health ; Depression ; Anxiety / Stress Article Date: 04 Jul 2009 - 0:00 PDT Psychotherapy consists of a series of techniques for treating mental health, emotional and some psychiatric disorders.

Main Category: Aid / Disasters Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 04 Jul 2009 - 0:00 PDT Hurricane Katrina was the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, claiming the lives of more than 1,800 victims and causing well over $100 billion in damage along the Gulf Coast.

Meet the Docs. Trillium Health Centre and Summerville Family Medicine Teaching Unit launched an initiative yesterday that will provide thousands of Mississauga residents with access to a family doctor.

Complications during pregnancy may increase the risk of having a child with autism, according to American researchers.

So-called 'empty nest syndrome' does not affect parents living in rural areas as much as previously thought, according to a new study carried out in Thailand.

Gov. Mark Sanford is acting like a love-struck teenager. Or, maybe he has a deeper personality disorder, some experts speculate.

One Reader Asks: "I read a lot of articles on psychology websites and I often see the terms 'psychologist' and 'psychiatrist,' but I'm not really clear on what those titles mean.

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly will pay the largest penalty ever, over $1.4 billion, to the US Justice Department for marketing a medication, ZyprexaA , without proof of its effectiveness with certain conditions and plenty of reason to be concerned about its side-effects. Other recent media reports have revealed how a number of pharmaceutical ...

Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins announced today the release of the ninth edition of the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry.

The so called "Zyprexa documents" are examples of internal pharmaceutical company documents that have been subpoenaed to court cases in the USA and other countries.

An expert in child and adolescent psychiatry testified Friday that there was no medical reason for the genital exams Dr.

Teens and plastic surgery June 25: NBC's chief medical editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, looks at the growing trend of teens getting plastic surgery.

People in rural communities struggling with depression may not have easy access to the full range of mental health services, but help could be as close as the click of a mouse.

Last May, a Peabody was awarded to the film Depression: Out of the Shadows , a documentary which aired in 2008 on PBS, was produced by Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH Boston, and was written and directed by Minneapolis-based filmmaker Larkin McPhee.

June 22, 2009 -- The mortality rate among schizophrenics is four times higher than in the general population, with suicide being the No.

Psychiatry is a relatively safe profession, but it has a hazard that is not apparent at first glance: if you are in it long enough, there may be no one to talk to about your own problems.

Kay Parley with one of her photo albums from her working days at Weyburn hospital.

Editor's Choice Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Mental Health Article Date: 22 Jun 2009 - 7:00 PDT Psychology is the science of the mind and behavior.

IT'S always fascinating, asking doctors about why, with so many disciplines to choose from, they selected their particular field and whether each discipline creates its own stereotype.