In the brain, molecular information is transmitted between cells through neural circuits. Synapses establish connections between the pathways that run from one area to another, allowing the most ...

Jamie Shandro has experienced the mental health care system both as an emergency physician and as the support person to a ...

An interview with psychiatric physician's assistant Kevin Williams about the intertwining of mental and physical health.

Ellen Kingren, an outpatient therapist, looks at a photo on the phone of Emerson Gordon, 19, one of her patients, in her ...

While the March 2025 issue of the Journal of Emergency Nursing features the usual impactful articles, it also honors a luminary in emergency nursing, Anne Manton, who passed in December.

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition marked by large shifts in mood from mania to depression. Although bipolar disorder can be challenging to manage, many effective treatments are available.

They will assess the patient's physical and mental health to determine whether they are capable of making an informed decision about their care. While states have laws and healthcare systems have ...

A devastating health diagnosis once felt like the end of everything Jen Parrish had dreamed of for herself. Now, about to graduate from Penn State Altoona, she is at peace and more confident than ever ...

Monitoring the Mental Health Act is our annual report on the use of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). It looks at how providers are caring for patients, and whether patients' rights are being ...

Using stolen identities, fake patient records and forged signatures, a Maryland woman already on probation scammed the state out of nearly $3.7 million for mental health services she never actually ...

A hemodynamically significant or large PDA (hsPDA) can negatively affect a baby’s health and require ... device to the heart of the patient to block blood flow through the PDA.

Perinatal interventions guided by reproductive justice principles can have positive effects on the perinatal mental health of Black birthing patients and, perhaps, the mental health development of ...