psychiatry

David Rosenhan's 1973 Science paper sent 8 pseudopatients into psychiatric hospitals. It changed psychiatry — until a 2019 investigation found the data may not hold up.

ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder rooted in brain biology—not a lack of willpower. Explore the dopamine deficit model, brain imaging findings, genetics.

About 1 in 7 people worldwide live with a mental disorder. The biology is real but incompletely understood, and several effective treatments exist. Here is what the evidence supports.