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Gaming disorder, as in video games, is now an official mental health condition, according to the World Health Organization. But the idea of technology addiction is still controversial.
Being transgender is no longer classified as a mental illness by the World Health Organization – a key sign of progress for an often-marginalized community.
WHO announced Monday that in its newly released edition of the International Classification of Diseases, gender incongruence will now be classified as a sexual health condition.
As mass shootings filter in and out of the news cycle at an almost dizzying pace with each new tragedy, the FBI has continued to probe why these atrocities continue and what can be done to stop them.
In a new report released Wednesday, the bureau shed light on behaviors of shooters before they acted out, finding most obtained a gun legally and did not have diagnosed mental health issues, points that run contrary to some popular beliefs.
GAZA CITY — Fathi Harb wanted to commit suicide by soldier. So he went to a protest this spring along Gaza's border, hoping Israeli snipers would shoot him, his grandfather recalled. When they didn't, Harb, 22, tried again, returning to another protest soon after, and again he survived.
Then, last month, he set himself on fire on a busy street in Gaza City, later succumbing to his injuries.
"He called his father right before he did it and told him of his plans," his grandfather Saeed said.
Bernie Salazar felt fine, as good as any healthy father of a 2-year-old. He only scheduled a doctor's visit because he received a calendar alert reminding him it was time for his annual wellness checkup. Bernie and his relatively new doctor had already discussed his weight, dieting history and health status the previous year, and he'd gotten "all clear" after normal lab results. But this time, after he stepped off the scale with what he considered a scant four-pound increase on his 260-pound frame, the doctor suggested it was time to talk about weight-loss surgery.
Long after the wailing and tears, the trauma of separation can linger in children's minds, even after they are reunited with their parents, experts say.
Before I worked behind the wire, I figured the people prowling our jails and prisons were the kind of sociopaths you see in films, like Tony Montana and Hannibal Lecter. But that changed with my first correctional psychiatry job back in 2015. I learned I was all wrong about the makeup of America's correctional population and quickly realized the correctional system has largely assumed medical care of our country's seriously mentally ill.
The chaotic process of reuniting thousands of migrant children and parents separated by the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy poses great psychological risks, both short- and long-term, mental health experts said on Friday. So does holding those families indefinitely while they await legal proceedings, which could happen under the president's new executive order.
"I hate and love talking about suicide," Laura Green admitted to a group of food and beverage professionals Monday night. "It's a horrible thing to talk about; it's an important thing to talk about. It's a scary thing for me to talk about because I want it represented in a way that's appropriate."
CHICAGO — A spike in suicide rates in the United States has cast fresh light on the need for more effective treatments for major depression, with researchers saying it is a tricky development area that has largely been abandoned by big pharmaceutical companies.
U.S. health authorities said on Thursday that there had been a sharp rise in suicide rates across the country since the beginning of the century and called for a comprehensive approach to addressing depression. The report was issued the same week as the high-profile suicides of celebrities Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade.