Articles about Psychiatry
In the summer of 2011, when U.S. resident Yoheved Hasson began feeling involuntary shaking in her left leg, she soon learned from a local neurologist that she had Parkinson’s disease. Several years later, after trying prescription medications and other treatments to no avail, she was told by doctors that her only hope for recovery was … Read more
When Janelle Mitchell enters the room of one of her adolescent patients who was recently diagnosed with cancer, she doesn’t bring a stethoscope or bandages. Instead, she might be carrying a guitar or the lyrics to the patient’s favorite song. Mitchell is a music therapist at Prisma Health. “Music therapy is not just playing or … Read more
“Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy.” William Shakespeare has always been regarded as a prescient author, but this line from “Othello” rings especially true in today’s era of social media and seemingly constant comparison. Long before and long since the playwright dubbed this emotion the “green-eyed monster,” jealousy has been affecting humans in profound and … Read more
When the mental health profession as we know it today began taking shape in the 1950s, there came with it the hurdle of the social stigma – making families desperate to keep their issues quiet and unknown to friends, acquaintances and relatives. While that stigma still exists to a large extent, mental health support is … Read more
The statistics about men and suicides are alarming: Though men comprise 49% of the population, they account for 80% of all suicides. Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with depression, but men die by suicide three times more often, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Men’s depression and suicide are … Read more
Several years ago, while on a routine neighborhood walk near his home in Greenville, Tommy Lewis Neal came upon a large mastiff at the edge of an unfenced front yard. The dog was standing motionless and silent among a crowd of people, and Neal had the sudden urge both to flee and to stay put … Read more
