The evidence linking mental illnesses to defects of brain architecture or chemistry, or to specific genes, is scanty. With its checklist approach to diagnosis, DSM-5 is under attack.

Those improvements in understanding mental illness, however, didn't help reduce the social stigma, researchers found. People were more likely to say they didn't want an alcoholic to marry into the ...

The investigation into the mental state of Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui may stigmatize the mentally ill, experts say. However, while violenceand shootings are rare on campus, mental illness ...

Southwest Louisiana is no different than the rest of the country. There are people all around us who suffer from mental illness. But there are so many misconceptions: Mickey Shannon with the Good ...