NAMI.org 5/29/2020 The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today released the following statement from CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr., regarding recent racist incidents across the country and their impact on mental health: “The effect of racism and racial trauma on mental health is real and cannot be ignored. The disparity in access to mental more »
Read MoreThis presentation by A. Eden Evins, MD, MPH, Director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Progress in Schizophrenia: New Insights into Brain Development, Drug Use, and Treatment This 16th annual event presents new research findings and important clinical topics for patients with schizophrenia and their families. Clinicians shared information about development more »
Read MoreInside federal prisons’ dangerous failure to treat inmates with mental-health disorders Story by Christie Thompson and Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge | The Marshall Project NOVEMBER 21, 2018 The voices in John Rudd’s head were getting louder. It was April 2017, and Rudd, an inmate at a federal prison near Hazelton, W.Va., had stopped taking his psychiatric more »
Read MoreBy Linda Rodriguez McRobbie November 28, 2018 THE PATIENT, A man in his early 20s, was clearly distressed, anxious. There were insects, he said, insects crawling around under his skin. The graduate student doing the initial assessment was immediately concerned and went straight to her advisor, Dr. Brian Sharpless, a clinical psychologist and professor at more »
Read MoreOpinion Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a companion that constantly wants to protect me, never realizing the threats it sees aren’t legitimate. By Wajahat Ali Contributing Opinion Writer CreditCreditKelsey Borch Ever since I was young, my mind has gotten stuck. I’ll be flooded with intrusive thoughts. An image or an idea will transform into a burning question — “What more »
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