Psychiatry & Mental Health

Lucy Kalanithi five years later

The discovery that it might be possible to eliminate Ecstasy’s addictive properties could increase the drug’s potential for use in psychiatry, new research shows.

Even teens who aren’t especially thin could be dangerously ill from atypical anorexia nervosa, according to new research.

How Stanford physicians and researchers prepare patients to thrive after surgery

Pivotal response therapy that taps into the interests of children with autism, is better than existing therapies at motivating them to talk, a new study shows.

Programs that address the stresses of being a physician begin to show results

Children with autism show social improvement when treated with the hormone vasopressin

Researchers have identified a brain-circuitry link between how much food mice consume and social interactions, which could lead to treatments for people with anorexia.

A PTSD expert examines whether changes from extreme stress embed into family genetics

Scientists find neurons that hard-wire brains to recognize the sex of strangers