What does severe depression look like in photographs? The work of photographer Christian Hopkins may offer a clue. The 20-year-old photographer has been battling Major
Read more...When Nathan Azrin was appointed director of treatment development at Anna State Hospital in Illinois in 1958, a majority of the patients he was expected to treat were schizophrenic,
Read more...Talking about depression is not easy. Writers and poets affected by the black dog have crafted great works around conveying its multifaceted, tangled and at times debilitating nature
Read more...Patients whose severe depression goes into remission for six months following electroconvulsive therapy report a quality of life similar to that of healthy individuals, researchers say.
Read more...AN estimated 2.3 million people suffer from depression in the UK but yet so many of us are too embarrassed to talk about it, preferring to hide our emotions away rather than face up to the
Read more..."Any person over seventy five should have the right to end his life", says 87 year old George. A disturbing thought echoed by "tired of life", 93 year old Joyce.
"I think there should
ou have bipolar disorder, and so did your mother and her father, plus other relatives. You're worried about whether your child will inherit bipolar disorder. Will a specialized eye exam
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But she insists she didn't have a
Outsider Art, Psychotic Art, Art beyond Reason, the art of the insane — and perhaps, even, in these enlightened days of political correctitude when we may no longer dub a man a lunatic, an
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