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Could Glial Cells Be the Key to New Schizophrenia Treatments?
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (411+ words) Posted February 21, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Anyone living with schizophrenia understands the true limitations of current treatment options. Antipsychotics remain the single leading treatment for the disorder, and they are riddled with undesirable side effects. Weight gain, tardive dyskinesia, and…...
How We Define Psychosis Matters
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (336+ words) Posted February 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye I have had both the responsibility and the privilege of giving many people and their loved ones the diagnosis of psychosis. Technically, psychosis is not a stand-alone diagnosis; it's actually a syndrome, a collection…...
Psychedelics, Plasticity, and Addicted Brains
1+ week, 2+ day ago (813+ words) Posted February 11, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Have you ever been trapped in your car in mud or snow, and couldn't leave until someone pulled you out? Researchers have discovered a psychedelic may act like the huge truck pulling your…...
Who Does It Help? It's a Good Question in Mental Health Care
1+ week, 3+ day ago (485+ words) Updated February 11, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills When it comes to treating mental health conditions like depression, the most common question, whether in a doctor's office or a research lab, is still: Does it work? That's understandable. We all want to…...
How Grief Rewrites Our Relationships
1+ week, 5+ day ago (739+ words) Posted February 9, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Grief is often described as something internal, an emotion we feel, a process we endure, a private terrain we must navigate. Yet grief rarely stays contained within the self. It moves outward, subtly reshaping…...
Can Stoicism Help With Grief?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (447+ words) Updated February 9, 2026 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan Philosopher Scott LeBarge has pointed out that ancient thinkers understood that viewing the natural order as well-designed has a tactical, therapeutic value: a world that is too harsh would be unexplainable. Accordingly, the Stoic…...
Clinical Reasoning and the Debate Over Psychiatric Diagnosis
2+ week, 2+ day ago (552+ words) Posted February 5, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Applying DSM criteria in a simple checklist fashion can result in significant clinical mistakes and overmedication, Giovanni A. Fava warns in his latest book, Clinical Judgment in Psychiatry: The Foundation of Optimal Treatment. Because the…...
How Psychiatry Pathologized Resistance
2+ week, 3+ day ago (592+ words) Posted February 4, 2026 | Reviewed by Devon Frye In the wake of mass protests against federal immigration raids, politicians and pundits are using these kinds of words to discredit public dissent. In this view, protesters are framed not as engaged citizens exercising…...
The Compelling History of a Disease Basis for Mental Illness
2+ week, 3+ day ago (252+ words) Posted February 3, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley In my initial post in 2018, a 2024 post, and a recent post, I faulted psychiatry for continuing its pursuit of brain diseases as causes for mental disorders when they have not found any in this…...
Global Study Identifies Genetic Links to Depression
2+ week, 5+ day ago (353+ words) Posted February 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma Co-authored by Japneet Kaur Depression is also a chronic and recurrent illness, with the risk of relapse increasing after each episode. It is a major risk factor for suicide, with nearly two-thirds of those…...