Psychiatric assessment

Research into suicidal speech dates back more than 30 years with studies identifying objective acoustic markers that can be used to differentiate various mental states & psychiatric disorders

Celebrating Athens Pride, the Hellenic American Union (hau.gr) is screening "Cured," an award-winning documentary by Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon. Released in 2020, "Cured" chronicles the campaign that led to homosexuality being officially struck off the US register of mental disorders in 1973, a watershed moment in the gay rights movement.

More than 200 newsrooms, journalists, medical associations, psychotherapists, NGOs and civic figures in Romania have signed a letter of protest against what it called hate speech promoted by Romania TV, concerning the death of the journalist Iulia Marin, 32, at the beginning of this week.

The World Health Organization for the first time has included the "fatigue" in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which is widely used as a benchmark for diagnosis and health insurance.

If your social media account is full of selfies, you might be painting a picture of someone with a mental disorder rather than a really cool and exciting life - at least according to some psychologists, who believe there is such a thing as "selfitis," or obsessive selfie-taking.

Individuals with a history of “self-mutilation,” bipolar disorder, depression, and substance abuse can now apply for waivers to join the U.S. Army under a policy quietly enacted in August.

USA Today reported on Sunday that the policy was enacted without announcement.

The dismembered body of the Germanwings co-pilot was found on Saturday near the crash site in the French Alps.

As broadcast by German media, authorities were able to positively ID the body through DNA extraction.

The development follows news that large amounts of pharmaceuticals prescribed by a psychiatrist were found in Andreas Lubitz's residence.