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In addition to genetic factors, the chance of developing a mental illness increases depending on the psycho-social stress a child is exposed to.

New mothers with a history of depression or other psychiatric disorders appear more likely than other women to attempt suicide soon after giving birth, a new study suggests.

Texas is scheduled Thursday to execute a mentally ill man for conspiracy to murder in a case that death penalty opponents say illustrates why the practice is deeply flawed.

An estimated 15 million American children are diagnosed with a mental disorder, but only about a quarter of them are getting appropriate treatment based on scientific evidence. Many more children are at risk of developing behavioral disorders. And the pro

Former colleagues of Bruce E. Ivins say they still doubt his guilt and agree with his concerns that an anthrax vaccine might be pulled from the market.

Photographer Jenn Ackerman has created a stunning and extensive video essay on Kentucky's correctional facility for prisoners with mental illness, interviewing the inmates, staff and clinicians who form part of America's biggest provider of residential ps

The e-mail messages of Bruce E. Ivins provide a narrative of his paranoid episodes, dating to 2000.

A judge says state corrections officials are moving too slowly in correcting poor conditions throughout the state's juvenile prison system and is warning that he may step in to make sure changes get made soon.

The novel discovery could prove useful in the development of more targeted medication therapies for a host of psychiatric diseases, most notably in the area of addiction.

To a stranger, Samantha Brown, 18, would look like any other teenager.