The following column was originally published on Feb. 25, 2022. Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life ...

Psychosis affects one's physical, psychological, social, and existential health. Mental health recovery often involves a ...

Recent research has unveiled the relationship between attention deficits in childhood, neuropsychiatric polygenic scores, and psychotic-like experiences ...

Richard Allen suffers from “major depressive disorder with psychosis,” according to Dr. Polly Westcott, a clinical neuropsychologist hired by the Defense to evaluate Allen at Westville Correctional ...

Westcott was hired by Allen's defense in May 2023 and paid $450 per hour. She said she looked at Allen's mental health history, conducted a neurological exam, and determined the breadth and context of ...

Westcott said Allen experienced hallucinations, psychosis and suicidal ideation. "He fell apart," she said. Allen spent 13 months in solitary confinement, which Westcott said "can change brain ...

Dr. Polly Westcott suggests Allen was not faking or exaggerating his psychotic behavior while he was at Westville ...

Researchers examine the relationships between neuropsychiatric and cognitive polygenic scores, attention-related phenotypes, and psychosis symptoms.

A new study finds poor attention spans in childhood, plus certain genes, could play a role in raising the risk for psychosis, ...

LEWISTON, Maine — For the family of the Army reservist who carried out a mass shooting across Maine's second-largest city one year ago, dissecting what provoked the deadly rampage has been daunting.

Hallucinations refer to the experience of sensing things that exist only in your mind. During a hallucination, you may see, hear, feel, smell, or taste things that are not there—meaning they have no ...