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Dec 15, 2016 02:26 AM EST

One In Six Adults In The U.S. Takes Psychiatric Drugs, Study Says

In the United States, one in six adults reported taking at least one psychiatric drug in 2013.

Dec 07, 2016 03:15 AM EST

87 Psychiatric Patients Escape While Staff Goes On Strike In Kenya

Dozens of mental patients escaped the Mathare Mental Hospital in Nairobi, while the medical workers went on strike on Dec. 5.

Oct 13, 2015 10:00 AM EDT

Family Doctors Treat One In Three Kids With Mental Health Issues

Many children dealing with mental health issues will only be treated by pediatricians or primary care physicians, according to recent findings published in the journal Pediatrics.

Jul 31, 2013 03:30 PM EDT

Experiment Shows Psychotherapy via Internet as Good or Better Than Face-to-Face Consultations

For the first time, clinical researchers from the University of Zurich have studied whether online psychotherapy and conventional face-to-face therapy are equally effective in an experiment.