The Suspicion System: How the social world shapes delusions Not so long ago, any decent-sized psychiatric hospital had at least two or t...

The attorney for Phillip Garrido, the man who gained worldwide infamy last year in the alleged abduction of Jaycee Dugard, has raised a doub...

Kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart provided dramatic testimony today in David Mitchell's long-anticipated competency-to-stand-trial hearing. ...

The Guardian of UK asked me to write a co mment on the extraordinary saga of Jay cee Lee Dugard. I'm posting the first few paragraphs h...

Remember Andre Thomas, the eye-plucking Texas prisoner I blogged about back in January? The delusional schizophrenic guy who killed his wif...

Andre Thomas plucked out his right eye in 2004. Now, he has plucked out his left. The Texas death row inmate with a history of mental proble...

Can the state introduce at trial incriminating statements made by a defendant during a court-ordered insanity evaluation? That is one of s...

. . . but it's kept me from going insane" Those Waylon Jennings lyrics echoed in my head upon seeing today's article in the ...