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No Easy, Reliable Way To Screen For Suicide
NPR: Even a careful psychiatric examination of the co-pilot involved in last week’s Germanwings jetliner crash probably would not have revealed whether he intended to kill himself, researchers say. “As a field, we’re not very
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The Science Of Suicide: Researchers Work To Determine Who’s Most At Risk
wbur: BOSTON — Up on the 12th floor of a nondescript concrete building in Cambridge, about a dozen Harvard University researchers spend their days trying to crack the code on something that’s eluded scientists for
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Understanding the Origin of Psychopathic Tendencies Through Chimpanzees
Researchers are using an innovative, noninvasive research model with chimpanzees to study the dispositional processes associated with mental illness.
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Magritte’s Mystery and the DSM’s Disorders
The fields of psychology and psychiatry are now truly international. Thus, ideas emerging in English-speaking countries often have a large effect on psychological work in non-English-speaking countries. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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Mistargeted Messages Could Spur Help-Seeking for Depression
Many people suffering from depression are not seeking treatment, but researchers have identified a possible communication technique that could spur help-seeking.
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Feeding Mental Health Through Nutritional Interventions
Depression treatments include both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, but a burgeoning area of research points to another potent therapy: nutrition
