psychiatry

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many shortcomings in the health care system, and right at the top is the inadequacy of how we provide services for peopl...

DELEVAN — Cattaraugus County residents can learn helpful information about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias at a free program at the Delevan Nu...

A common assumption of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD as it is commonly called, as that it affects only school-aged children. Howev...

Everyone is touched by grief at some point in their lives. This is even more true given the Covid-19 pandemic. But for many, the topic isn’t easily di...

The most popular depression drugs taken by millions don’t work by fixing an “imbalance of the brain’s neurotransmitters,” as many drug advertisements ...

BUFFALO — Madison Carlson, a 2014 graduate of Olean High School, graduated from the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical S...

A 2017 study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation estimated that 792 million people across the globe lived with a mental health disord...

Depression and anxiety don’t discriminate. They don’t care about beauty. They don’t care about money. They don’t care about fame. They don’t care how ...

OLEAN — The Cattaraugus County Living Arts Association is presenting three performances of “Next to Normal” this coming weekend: Friday and Saturday a...

NEW YORK — In a room as cold as a refrigerator, Dr. Maura Boldrini bends over a plastic box filled with pale slices of human brain, each piece nestled...

It goes by many names — a circus, adventure or even a game. It’s life. How we navigate the topographic contours of the one we lead is largely influenc...

Over the past year, the world has become firmly acquainted with terms including social distancing, incubation period, flattening the curve, quarantine...

ALBANY (TNS) — Deaths due to Alzheimer’s and dementia have been surging in New York and across the nation at levels well above normal this year, and a...

ROCHESTER (AP) — A woman acknowledged she fatally stabbed her 7-year-old son and pleaded guilty by reason of mental disease or defect at a New York su...

Rioting and looting. Driving through crowds and shooting. These criminal acts, the work of extremists, threaten to drown out legitimate demands for re...

Certain age groups may be more vulnerable to the novel coronavirus, but none has an absolute zero likelihood of contracting COVID-19. The pandemic is ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic has prompted unprecedented changes to the ways people go about their daily lives. Donning face masks, engaging in conta...

Themed days, weeks and months are a dime a dozen; but one the male contingent should not overlook is Men’s Health Month in June. After all, it largely...