Regarding the Aug. 1 Style article “The Puzzling, Tragic End of a Golden Couple”:

Suicide is indeed puzzling and tragic. Suicide also… » »   

Eating disorders affect people of all ages. A Mayo Clinic specialist discusses eating disorders in women (and men) in their 30s, 40s and beyond,… » »   

A key component of social cognition, facial expression recognition, is one of the hallmark deficits of schizophrenia (Schneider et al, 2006). Although people with… » »   

Age-related macular degeneration is a prevalent disease of aging that may cause irreversible vision loss, disability, and depression. The latter is rarely recognized or… » »   

Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) exhibit a pattern of instability in interpersonal relation-ships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning in early adulthood.… » »   

Declaration of interest S.S. has received honoraria and educational grants from several pharmaceutical companies.

Background
Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP)… » »   

Mental illnesses produce some of the most challenging health problems faced by society, accounting for vast numbers of hospitalizations, disabilities resulting in billions… » »   

In the 19th-century novel Hyperion, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow admonished his hero, unlucky in love, to “take this sorrow to thy heart, and make it… » »   

Schizophrenia and depression by themselves and especially in combination with each other are known to be important risk factors of suicide. An increased risk… » »   

A new European study finds that cognitive behavioral therapy in conjunction with antidepressants does not provide additional benefit to adolescent patients.

The… » »