In the aftermath of the Aurora, Colorado shooting, the mental health of 24-year-old suspect James Holmes is being called into question. How can mental illness lead to serious tragedies, and what are the warning signs to look for in young adults?
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Do parents need to start worrying about how many hours kids are playing video games? A new study out of Iowa State University suggests that game addiction is linked to depression and other psychological disorders. Midmorning examines the study and reasoning behind the data.
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U of M researchers are part of a team hoping to find what goes wrong in a brain affected by a disease like Alzheimer's or a mental disorder like schizophrenia.
An Army report released last week faults military leadership for not attending to soldiers' mental health problems, contributing to record-high suicide levels. We'll talk about the report and what the military is doing, and not doing, to help suffering soldiers and prevent suicides in the future.
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We sometimes think of our memories as under our control. But research suggests that they change over time. And perhaps more disturbing, can be altered by others.
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Nadine Parker says that raising two children with severe mental health problems has not been easy, but in the past year things started to improve --until, she said, their mental health practitioner was recently banned from visiting the family after switching employers.
Cecile Tebo, who leads the New Orleans police department's so-called mental health "SWAT" team in post-Katrina New Orleans, says the city's mental health crisis is far from over.
New rules out this year may help many more with mental illness obtain the treatments they need and have insurance plans pay for them as for any other medical condition. Also, a look at what mental health doctors believe should be done to standardize care.
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Brian Engdahl works at the Brain Sciences Center at the Minneapolis VA and the U of M and he talked with All Things Considered about the implications of new research on post-traumatic stress sydrome and what it means for diagnosis and treatment.