What The New York Times Missed When It Tried to Explain Conspiracy Theories
Powerful people can be paranoid too.
Psychology/Psychiatry
CDC Claims One in Five Children Has a Mental Disorder
Well when you pathologize all out-of-the-ordinary behavior, what do you expect?
3,000 Doctors Protest New Edition of Psychiatry Manual
Fear it will leave to unnecessary drug treatments
You've Got Your Nerves in My Depression!
A book on the "depression" diagnosis takes its critique in the wrong direction.
Nevada Mental Hospital Investigated for Dumping Patients in Other States
May have broken laws
Large Soda Ban Could Lead to Even More Consumption
Psych study participants drawn to drink "bundle" offers, bypassing limits
Mass Stabbing Suspect Held for Psych Evaluation
Charged with three counts of aggravated assault
Anonymous Speculators Worry There's a Mass Murder Score Leaderboard Out There
Maybe some folks are projecting when they suspect Adam Lanza blurred the distinction between video games and real life
Let's Prevent Mass Violence by Making it Illegal to Fire People
For those asking the government to intervene to stop violent "triggers," where is the line?
Suspect in Sniper's Killing Had Been Released from Hospital over Parents' Objections
Had series of run-ins with authorities
Challenging the Concept of Sex Addiction
A new study argues that the disease is "essentially mythical."
Conn. Bill Would Mandate Mental Health Assessments for Children
Even homeschooled children would have to cooperate
Reports of Mental Illness Among Prisoners Increasing
More than half of all inmates have some sort of mental issue
Mass. Gov. Unveils Own Gun Control Bill
Will increase funding for mental health and restrict gun purchases to one per month
Teacher Claims Discrimination Due to Her Fear of Children
District transferred her from high school to junior high
Chicago May Pay More Than $30 Million in Two Police Misconduct Cases
One about a woman abandoned in a high-crime area and subsequently raped; the other about a man who served 26 years for a crime he didn't commit
Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Wife Quits Chicago City Council
Has been absent frequently over family's health issues
Oakland Mass Killing Suspect Declared Mentally Unfit
Charged with killing seven students at small vocational school
Geneticists Will Study DNA of Sandy Hook School Shooter
Will look for abnormalities that might help explain violent outburst
Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum in Analyzing Psychosis in Teen Pot Use
Does marijuana lead to psychosis or does existing psychosis encourage drug use? Study says possibly both.
Who Is Too Unbalanced to Be Armed?
The danger of treating gun violence as a mental health problem
Appeals Court Freezes Ban on Gay Cure Therapy
Cannot be enforced while constitutionality of legislation is under review
No Link Between Autism and Planned Violence
Keep in mind during the alleged "discussion" of mental health reform
