Challenging Popular Myths About Autism

i could say a lot about the popular myths about autism, but i happily don't need to: someone already wrote an absolutely fantastic article. RACHEL COHEN-ROTTENBERG wrote such an accessible, accurate, direct and personally touching article on the topic, i thought it should...

Cop's "Jungle Monkey" Comments Sign of Color Aroused Illness?

Officer's Extreme Color Aroused  Ideation, Emotion and Behavior Point Toward Extreme Color Aroused Disorder A Boston, MA police officer, Justin L. Barrett, has been fired after writing an e-mail to a Boston Globe columnist in which he called Harvard University'...

Have psychiatric wards changed?

"If you found yourself locked up against your will in a psychiatric ward, you would probably do your best to get out. But in 1969 a group of people did just the opposite — they tried to get in. A young American psychologist called David Rosenhan persuaded seven friends...

Hundreds die in 'hidden world' of mental hospitals

"Hundreds of people are dying every year while sectioned under the Mental Health Act, the Observer can reveal. New figures released by the Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody show that in the past 10 years 3,540 of those detained in NHS facilities, including...

American Man Moves to Brazil for Affordable Medical Care

Because of the cost in the United States of the medical care I need, and the medicines, I have discovered that I simply cannot afford to come back to the country of my birth.  Fortunately, Brazil has a lot to offer, including free medical care and medicines.Every two...

Can Psychiatrists Really "Cure" Homosexuality?

This is a follow-up to a piece I posted about a month ago which concerned therapists in Britain offering treatment to 'cure' homosexuality. "Therapists are still offering treatments for homosexuality despite there being no evidence that such methods work, research suggests. A...

Therapists offer gay 'treatment'

"Therapists are still offering treatments for homosexuality despite there being no evidence that such methods work, research suggests. A significant minority of mental health professionals had agreed to help at least one patient "reduce" their gay or lesbian feelings when...