Leaders of the D.S.M., the world’s most influential psychiatric manual, have been split for more than five years over whether ...

Children who have an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder (autism) are at greater risk of developmental vulnerabilities if they also have other relatives with neurodevelopmental or psychiatric ...

In this conversation, Jan DeFehr argues that ethical practice requires access to what the field itself disputes, including ...

The first modern psychiatrist Phillipe Pinel supervised the removal of chains from the mentally ill at the Paris Bicetre and Salpetriere hospitals at the end of the 18th century. He improved living ...

ORLANDO -- Neuropsychiatric events among children after starting montelukast (Singulair) for allergy and asthma treatment were more likely for those who had a history of comorbid psychiatric ...