Psychological aid is regarded by non-Western recipients as a kind gesture but a bad fit; Sri Lanken health officials discouragedcounselors to their country daysafter the tsunami struck.

The American Psychiatric Association has released the blueprint for the fifth edition of its official handbook of diagnoses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Will the proposed revisions, which could place more of the population under pathology, help us to better understand mental disorders?

A new rule broadens the definition of post-traumatic stress disorder, allowing non-combat veterans to receive disability benefits for being traumatized by events they did not actually experience.

The effort to build up conservatives of the past is little more than a feint to tear down the conservatives of the present.

People are misrepresenting Reagan's necessary compromises while in office, to incorrectly associate him with having a liberal agenda.

130,000 American troops will soon return from Iraq. Their arrival will bring joy to their families and gratitude from the nation. It will also renew a debate over post-traumatic stress disorder.

The temptation to psychoanalyze public figures from the safety of an armchair is a strong one, perhaps stronger for those with professional credentials.

There is in fact a powerful reason to scrutinize the psychology field: we are in the midst of a mental illness epidemic. Office visits by children and adolescents treated for the condition jumped forty-fold from 1994 to 2003.