What causes drug addiction? One Canadian physician argues that the problem isn't the drugs themselves.
Dr. Gabor Maté believes -- based on research and his own experience working at harm reduction clinics in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, a poor area that has one of the worst drug problems in North America -- that the root of addictive behaviors can be trace...

Pregnant women and new mothers need more attention when it comes to screening for depression, according to recommendations issued Tuesday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

That came as part of the panel's recommendation that all adults should be screened, in a situation where they can be provided treatment or get a referral if they are clinically...

Victims, counselors, lawmakers push for funding, mental health court

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A mental health counselor is joining a crime victim and defense lawyer in asking for changes to the legal system that releases people found mentally incompetent for trial back on the streets of Jacksonville.

Deandre Snelling, 31, had an extensive criminal history when...

A baby separated from its mother at birth can withdraw and become difficult to reach - plus how to heal this trauma. Produced by Burke Lennihan, RN, CCH, author of Your Natural Medicine Cabinet.

BBC Full Documentary 2013

As our society begins to have more and more serious conversations about mental health care, we're starting to wonder about finding the best way to get the most people quality care. To that end, the American Academy of Pediatrics recently recommended that everyone between the ages of 11-21 be screened for depression every year, reports Science of Us. 

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Divorce is a life-changing event that causes a rollercoaster of emotion. Going through a divorce is a transition before and even long after the completion of the paperwork. How can one prepare themselves emotionally and care for themselves in order to adjust to all the changes that divorce brings?

There are concerns and worries about children if the couple h...

It is the standard alarm on an iPhone, but when Sgt. Nathan Meisner hears it, he is drawn back to the base where he served in Basra, Iraq.

“It sounds just like the alarm when missiles or mortars are being shot into the base,” he said.

Meisner suffers from anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder and is being treated at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Cent...