Mentally Ill Inmates Prone to Violence After Release: Research

Results of the research, which included almost 48,000 ex-convicts in Sweden, are published in the Sept. 3 concern of The Lancet Psychiatry. Scientists found that 42 percent of the males and 60 percent of the females were detected with at least one mental health …See all stories on this subject

Emory Psychiatry partners with Alliance Theatre'' s production of”One Flew Over the Cuckoo'' s Nest”

“The Emory Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is partnering with the Alliance Theatre’s production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. The play is based upon the novel by Ken Kesey and runs September 2-20. Professor will host …See all stories on this topic

Calcium signaling central to hippocampus-related memory procedures in health, disease

Data from a global multicenter research study suggested the central function calcium signaling plays in hippocampus-dependent human memory processes in cognitive health and illness, which might assist understanding and potential treatment of hippocampus-dependent …See all stories on this subject

Goth teenagers at higher threat of depression and self-harm, research study says

A new research study published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal has put teens who determine themselves as being associated with goth subculture at a higher threat of depression and self-harm. The study does not assert that being a goth enhances the threat of …See all stories on this subject

How to Halt the Violence

They merely have not been commonly used. Jeffrey A. Lieberman is chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the author of “Shrinks: the Untold Story of Psychiatry.”See all stories on this topic