Caring for family members with emotional or psychiatric problems can be difficult. That was especially true when neither society nor the medical community understood the human brain and its complexities; the result was that such people were shunned. ...more

February 1, 2009

The number of serious drug reactions and deaths reported to the government shot up in the first three months of this year to set a new record, a health industry watchdog group said Wednesday. ...more

October 23, 2008

Conditions at Tampa General Hospital's psychiatric ward are so bad they pose "an immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients," according to a federal agency's investigation into two suicides at the hospital. ...more

August 22, 2008

The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death. ...more

June 17, 2008

There's a grim, rarely talked-about twist to all that medical know-how doctors learn to save lives: It makes them especially good at ending their own. ...more

May 9, 2008

After decades of inattention to the possible psychiatric side effects of experimental medicines, the Food and Drug Administration is now requiring drug makers to study closely whether patients become suicidal during clinical trials. ...more

January 24, 2008