Soldiers' concerns about retribution make many reluctant to see military psychologists, and their health insurance does not pay for them see civilian doctors.
Depending which part of the brain is affected, different skills will be preserved or impaired in various types of cognitive decline and dementia. This gradual reformation is what may allow the emergence of new artistic abilities.
They are nicer to strangers than their own friends and family.
Role-playing video games can foster social behavior, too.
Biology cannot account for transcendence.
In some cases, a simpler explanation for the link between pot and psychosis
The tumor that erased Tom's memory did not touch his "soul."
Goodness is its own reward. But as a bonus, it makes us healthier.
Recent academic scandals highlight a history of data falsification and questionable research in social psychology, and serve as calls to action.
"One of the truly great things about war ... is that all you have to do is survive."
People with autism are less likely to commit crimes. Identifying individuals at risk for psychotic breaks, though, may be the one appropriate focus of the mental health discussion surrounding Adam Lanza.
A promising treatment for clinical depression that works like a club drug has passed its first round of testing.
Enough with sense, convention, and pleasing our parents
When I was 25, I had a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. I later joined a brain injury support group -- reluctantly.
Understanding the psychiatric discussion thus far
Abandoned buildings and broken windows are bad for our bodies, because they're bad for our minds.
The ability to rock it to the rhythm of the beat appears to be innately -- and uniquely -- human.
How Judith Scott became the first artist with Down Syndrome to have her work featured in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The innate biases that cause us to adjust our perceptions and memories toward the positive give us unique advantages.
How the brain creates out-of-body experiences and religious epiphanies