October 2019

**This blog is written by contributor Shiri Raz, PhD student in psychoanalysis and philosophy (Bar-Ilan University)In 1909, neuroscientist Charles Loomis Dana coined the term "zoophilpsychosis" to describe a unique mental illness, a…

Share on PinterestLandree Sarata believed her declining brain function was a symptom of mental illness. Then she learned that she was suffering from advanced liver disease. Getty ImagesHepatic encephalopathy (HE), a disease that causes…

Arguably, depression is one of the most misunderstood illnesses that affect human beings.For a long time, you would have struggled to explain to a lot of people that it went beyond feeling a little unhappy or that it was an illness.…