Mental Illness (General)

What made you enter the psychiatric field, and why do you particularly focus on late-life mental health issues? As a teenager growing up in India, I was fascinated by Freud’s books regarding… Read More
As America ages, more and more young scientists are awakening to the increasingly urgent public health issue of late-life mental illness. NARSAD Young Investigator Grantees bring fresh ideas to help… Read More
I was very pleased to read Dr. Adrian Preda’s recent blog posting focused on ‘exercising the brain’. I have become increasingly excited about the potential for aerobic exercise to boost… Read More
From establishing early intervention techniques and working toward Read More
From The Quarterly, Winter 2012 People with mental illness tend to smoke more than the general population. One reason that has been suggested is the self-medication effect. Research has demonstrated… Read More