People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be "living out" a deeply held emotion, according to new research that provides a "radically different perspective" on one of the most ...

Late at night, a grieving woman opened a chatbot on her phone and began typing to a digital stand‑in for her dead brother. Within weeks, her private ritual had curdled into a terrifying conviction ...

A delusion is a fixed, relatively immutable, persistent, false belief with no basis in reality. Source: Piotr Marcinski/Shutterstock We talk often about "deluded" people: “The person on the talent ...

Clinicians are starting to see a new kind of crisis walk through the door: people who arrive in severe distress after long, ...

Can digital therapy help counteract the distressing auditory hallucinations experienced by individuals with psychosis? A phase 2/3 trial, recently published in Nature Medicine, offers promising ...

Reality television shows have become a staple of modern life. However, little is known about the effect they have on day-to-day living. Back in 2012, Joel Gold and Ian Gold published a paper in the ...

You know the cameras are everywhere, watching your every move. They are embedded in street lights and often confused with doorbell cameras. In the walls, lights, cars and every public space. You just ...

Psychedelic drugs are seeing a surge of interest from mainstream medicine, and initial results suggest that psychedelic-therapy can be a safe and effective treatment for some mental health conditions.