A year ago, there was much debate about whether Donald Trump was "mentally fit" to be president. That concept of mental fitness wasn't very clear, but the debate persisted. The American Psychiatric ...

Dr. Anthony Gallo is the founder and chief executive of South County Psychiatry, with offices in Cranston, North Kingstown and other locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut, as well as a busy ...

The time-tested methods of medical information begun in the days of Hippocrates still exist today as the best way to educate, according to Robert Kennedy of Medscape. [2] Although these methods (ie, ...

Emerging technologies, such as functional near-infrared spectroscopy, offer in-office real-time monitoring for potential ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A practicing psychiatrist highlights questions about the use of psychedelics in the treatment of mental health ...

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health’s plan to build a behavioral health hospital has left folks who work in mental health in the Pioneer Valley with a lot of questions, as well as a sense of reassurance.

There long has been debate about psychiatric clinicians diagnosing public figures, in the context of the “Goldwater Rule” of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), which claims such diagnosis is ...

More than half of state medical boards ask applicants intrusive questions about their psychiatric history. As a result, some medical professionals are afraid to seek mental health care — even when ...

A guard at the state prison hospital in Vacaville, Calif., prepares an inmate for a lobotomy in 1961. Under superintendent William Keating, a psychiatrist who was convinced that “criminality” was ...