Faith in oneself, tempered by adversity, creates an anti-fragile personality. I am living proof of that concept. I grew up in Monona, Wisconsin, in an enriched environment of beautiful parks and ...

I had a short lived but still a proper psychosis two weeks ago. That’s the thing, even on the right medication for me (I am on cariprazine, known as Vraylar in the USA), I can get into the state that ...

A Swedish survey of 700 providers shows that biological and cognitive-behavioral models correlate with higher stigma, while social explanations appear protective. A new article published in the ...

Peter Simons was an academic researcher in psychology. Now, as a science writer, he tries to provide the layperson with a view into the sometimes inscrutable world of psychiatric research. As an ...

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After this happened to me, I know that I can handle anything in life, no matter how hard it is. Welcome to the Mad in America podcast. My name is Brooke Siem, and I am the author of a memoir on ...

Treatment guidelines generally support trying to discontinue antipsychotics in patients diagnosed with “first-episode psychosis” after one or two years of initial use, but these guidelines also ...

Steven Morgan, who was well known for his activist efforts in challenging conventional psychiatry, which included writing for Mad in America, recently passed away, at age 45. We would like to share ...

Today, we published an article about a Dutch study that strengthens the evidence for providing first-episode psychotic patients with an opportunity to taper from their antipsychotic medication. The ...

Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) programs for young people experiencing early psychosis often promise to help them get back into life through work, school, and social connections. A new qualitative ...

It wasn’t the first time I shot someone, but it was the first time it wasn’t the enemy. The bullet hit my friend’s thigh and exited near the knee. He lived. He even walked again. But in that moment, I ...

A Nature Mental Health study suggests a small pathway from income gaps to youth distress through brain structure and connectivity. A study in Nature Mental Health suggests that children living in U.S.