Health Aug 08 Why California is struggling to provide adequate mental health care By Byrhonda Lyons, Jocelyn Wiener, CalMatters
Health Nov 14 FDA approves sensor to track if patients take their medication Patients can track their dosage on their smartphone and allow their doctors or caregivers to access the information through a website. By Associated Press
Nation Apr 17 Should states ban the death penalty for people with severe mental illness? Legislators in at least seven states have proposed bills this year to prohibit the death penalty for people who suffered from a serious mental illness at the time of their crime. By Rebecca Beitsch, Stateline
Science May 20 Does city life pose a risk to mental health? Recent studies shed light on the link between urban living and psychosis. By Diana Kwon, Scientific American
Health Jan 30 Watch 3:44 Scientists open ‘black box’ of schizophrenia by discovering potential genetic cause Medical researchers have discovered a gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia, a mental illness that afflicts more than two million Americans, sometimes causing delusions and hallucinations. Associate Professor of Genetics at Harvard University Steven McCarroll joins Alison Stewart to… By PBS News Hour
Nov 05 Watch 6:02 Robin Williams had a disease that mimics Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and schizophrenia By PBS News Hour According to Robin Williams’ widow, an autopsy has revealed that the comedian suffered from Lewy body dementia before he committed suicide. Susan Schneider Williams described the battle to treat and understand her late husband's symptoms as a game of Whac-A-Mole. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 6:07 In treating schizophrenia, a balancing act between drug and talk therapy By PBS News Hour More than 2 million Americans have schizophrenia, a chronic brain disorder that can causes hallucinations, delusions, memory problems and depression. A new landmark study finds that high levels of potent antipsychotic drugs is not as effective a treatment as lower… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 54:37 PBS NewsHour full episode October 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, Canada’s Liberal Party makes a comeback. Also: How Slovenia and Greece are coping with the migrant crisis, a new study on treatment for schizophrenia, changing the guidelines for mammograms, how the oil boom brought football back… Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch Connecting strength and vulnerability of the creative brain By PBS News Hour Why have so many creative minds suffered from mental illness? Nancy Andreasen, Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, has devoted decades of study to the physical differences in the brains of writers and other highly… Continue watching
Jul 25 Probing the creative brain By Jenny Marder "As a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who studies creativity, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many gifted and high-profile subjects over the years, but Kurt Vonnegut—dear, funny, eccentric, lovable, tormented Kurt Vonnegut—will always be one of my favorites."… Continue reading