This marriage ain't big enough for the both of them.

My 16-year-old daughter has schizophrenia. In December 2023, she was having a psychotic episode, and I took her to the hospital. She was admitted, and I realized I also needed to take care of myself.

How do you prove your sanity, when your spouse can send you to a psychiatric ward against your will? A report this week about a married couple, both of whom were involuntarily admitted to psychiatric ...

Stigma and shame still surround psychiatric hospitalization — and for those of us with bipolar disorder, discharge can mean facing the world alone and unsupported. I have found that there is plenty of ...

A few weeks after my first child was born, I called my obstetrician in desperation. “I don’t feel good,” I said. “I’m not connecting with the baby. I’m so tired, I don’t think I can do this.” “If ...

In late 2022, Erin, a 43-year-old from Pennsylvania, agreed to spend six weeks in a psychiatric ward, getting intensive treatment for an illness she knew she didn’t have. That decision was a last ...

The Paris-based team of reporter John Leicester, video journalist Nicolas Garriga and photographer Thibault Camus produced an extraordinarily candid all-formats package that takes AP readers and ...