Despite advances in neuroscience, the underlying biology of mental illness has remained elusive. The DSM-6 will attempt to integrate neurobiology into how clinicians diagnose and treat psychiatric conditions.
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What are the risks of seemingly innocuous behaviours such as sharing posts, giving likes, making oneself look good in pictures, and, in general, interacting virtually rather than physically?
Is one term less pathologising than another? Here’s what our new research found.
Insomnia and mental disorders are inter-related in a way we’ve yet to fully understand. But treating one can often help the other.
Catatonia is a severe form of mental illness where people have problems with movement and speech. Our new study looks at what they are thinking.
While only about 20% of people would qualify for a formal diagnosis of a mental disorder, more than 60% express symptoms of those disorders – and those symptoms can lead to cognitive difficulties.
Current mental health services aren’t targeted at young people. The few that are specialise in either complex mental health disorders, or newly emerging ones. We need a place that does everything.
A new study finds no evidence of diagnostic inflation in the last four editions of the DSM.
Understanding of depression has advanced significantly since the first diagnostic criteria were introduced in the 1980s, but we still lack clear consensus on how this mental disorder should be explained.
Mental health care for teen mothers is not part of routine health facilities in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
While the KonMari method will help many people declutter their houses and reassess what they really need, for people with clinical hoarding disorder the process is much more complicated.
Indonesia should start investing in mental health care and ensuring that each Puskesmas has enough human resources to detect, treat and care for people with mental disorders.
Villanelle may be a psychopath, but she doesn’t represent most psychopaths.
Figuring out what causes diseases like autism, schizophrenia and depression is tricky. Now Stanford University researchers are turning blood into brain cells to study these diseases in a dish.
The physiological changes at the onset of schizophrenia are as marked as the mental changes, new study finds.
Media portrayals don’t help misconceptions about disorders such as bipolar, schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. So what do these terms actually mean?
Can today’s crisis in mental health be seen as the result of neoliberalism, the 2007/08 financial crisis and the austerity policies that followed?
The unexpected death of a loved one is a traumatic experience. It’s important to identify high risk individuals to provide counselling and social support.
Traditional medicine is believed to be accessible and affordable but should be made complimentary to contemporary medicine in the treatment of mental disorders.
The symptoms of ‘schizophrenia’ are very real, but experts are looking for a better way to define them.
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in psychology, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Kent
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Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in History, Heritage and Classics, Swansea University
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Professor of Clinical Psychology and Applied Science, Director, University of Bath and AWP NHS Trust Centre for Specialist Psychological Treatments of Anxiety and Related Problems (CSPTARP), University of Bath
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Associate Professor at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Positive Psychology, University of East London
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Clinical Tutor and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Bath
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Director of the Perinatal Mental Health Project; Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Researcher in Brain Imaging, Imperial College London
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Research Officer, University of Cape Town
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Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Zimbabwe