Psychology/Psychiatry
SF to Sue Nevada Over Dumping of Mental Patients
Accused of busing 500 patients to the state and leaving them
Foster Children Put on Psychotropic Medication, Big Money for Foster Parents
67 percent of children aged 13 to 17 in Texas are on at least one psychiatric medication
The Gray Areas of Gray Matter
Neuroimaging is pretty cool, but it can't do what its most enthusiastic boosters claim.
The Case for Prison Reform
It's time to fix what's wrong with America's criminal justice system.
Actress Amanda Bynes Placed in Psychiatric Hold
Allegedly started fire in somebody's driveway
The Last Days of Ernest Hemingway
He thought the FBI was spying on him—and he was right.
James Holmes' Lawyers Blocked from Attending Psych Exam
Any information divulged can be used against the alleged Aurora shooter
What The New York Times Missed When It Tried to Explain Conspiracy Theories
Powerful people can be paranoid too.
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
