January 26, 2012 Nick Zubko, Associate Editor
An episode of "The Dr. Oz Show" aired this week that talked about the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), a process in which grand mal seizures are electrically induced to treat severe depression.
January 25, 2012 Ron Manderscheid, PhD
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed that a "typical" small business benefit plan be used as the standard to define the Essential Health Benefit required by the Affordable Care Act. However, this minimum standard may well fail to provide sufficient care for the nation's 10.5 million citizens with mental health or substance-use disorders.
January 22, 2012 Terry L. Stawar, Ed.D.
The American Psychological Association is “leading the charge” against attempts to further medicalize the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DMS-IV) due to be published in May of 2013.
January 18, 2012 Nick Zubko, Associate Editor
What is PTSD? Is it a true mental illness, the result of trauma or battlefield-related injuries, or is it something else entirely? That’s the question being posed to many experts recently as officials from the U.S Army are requesting the APA to reevaluate what the condition is called.
