Gun Safety and Mental Health Research Funding
First, let me make my opinion very clear, President Obama’s recent Executive Action was a very...
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Category: Research
Give the Gift of Positive Mental Health
The holiday season is a great reminder about the spirit of giving and helping to those in need....
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What’s Wrong with Psychological Tests
The second edition of the PCL-R test, originally designed by the controversial maverick Canadian...
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Parapsychology and the Paranormal
I. Introduction The words “supernatural”, “paranormal”, and “parapsychology” are prime examples of...
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The Fundamentals of Psychological Theories
All theories – scientific or not – start with a problem, psychological theories should be no...
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) – Pros and Cons
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition, text revision [American Psychiatric...
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The Myelin Sheathing: A Possible Key to Mental Illness
We are able to move any part of our bodies, do things and think thoughts because of the...
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Schizophrenia Research at the National Institute of Mental Health
schizophrenia, the most chronic and disabling of the severe mental disorders, is a major focus of...
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Depression Research at the National Institute of Mental Health
depressive disorders affect approximately 19 million American adults. The suffering endured by...
Read MoreWhat We Learned From Songbirds
The Adult Brain Can Generate New Nerve Cells Once, neuroscientists believed that our complement of nerve cells was created prenatally and during the first years of life, and that no new neurons could be generated. Now we know...
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Schizophrenia: Current Hope
schizophrenia is perhaps the most painful and least understood of all mental illnesses, although...
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