The late Elisabeth Kübler-Ross spent her life studying death, and a foundation dedicated to continuing her work will auction her estate today to raise money for their cause.

The late Elisabeth Kübler-Ross spent her life studying death, and a foundation dedicated to continuing her work will auction her estate today to raise money for their cause.

WASHINGTON - Nicole Kidman says she didn't have to go far to research her role as a psychiatrist for the upcoming movie, "The Visiting."

Arizona Foundation for Contemporary Theology will host a workshop, “The Guiding-Organizing-Designing (GOD) Process,” 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. April 5 at Faith Lutheran Church, 801 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix.

NEW YORK - It took a few years, but Tom Cruise says he regrets the tongue-lashing he gave Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today" show the last time he was on. An apologetic Cruise returned to the morning program Monday to sit for his first interview with Lauer since criticizing Brooke Shields for taking anti-depressants in 2005.

NEW YORK - Brooke Shields took aim at Tom Cruise's "Today" show diatribe against antidepressants, saying the drugs helped her survive feelings of hopelessness after the birth of her first child. In an op-ed piece published Friday in The New York Times, Shields criticized what she called Cruise's "ridiculous rant."

Three East Valley Banner Health hospitals are testing a program that allows patients with behavioral health issues in hospital emergency departments to “see” a psychiatrist via a secured video link.

Scientific discoveries in genetics are revealing the similarities we share with the living things that surround us, including plants.

Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Merrill is seeing it more and more in the tough economy:

How about getting away from politics for a few minutes? Let’s consider what really matters: Don’t you think Valentine’s Day is a lovely celebration?

DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa researcher is studying a little-known eating disorder that some doctors may miss: purging disorder.

Two local physical education teachers said they always knew how important exercise can be for children, and how it can positively affect their retention of information and overall education.

Once upon a time, I heard a wise man say: "Communism and capitalism cannot coexist." The man was a personal friend of V. I. Lenin and was living with him in October of 1917, when Lenin's Bolsheviks forcibly overthrew the quasi-republic of Russia, which had been established in May of 1917. The man was also a friend of Mahatma Ghandi's. He'd visit him while he was jailed in India. The man was a professor of mine in 1954, my senior year in college. He was born and raised in Vienna, Austria and was one of only four men in the world who was licensed to practice psychiatry without having his M. D. Reason being - Sigmund Freud was his mentor.

Once upon a time, I heard a wise man say: "Communism and capitalism cannot coexist." The man was a personal friend of V. I. Lenin and was living with him in October of 1917, when Lenin's Bolsheviks forcibly overthrew the quasi-republic of Russia, which had been established in May of 1917. The man was also a friend of Mahatma Ghandi's. He'd visit him while he was jailed in India. The man was a professor of mine in 1954, my senior year in college. He was born and raised in Vienna, Austria and was one of only four men in the world who was licensed to practice psychiatry without having his M. D. Reason being - Sigmund Freud was his mentor.

NEW YORK - Nicole Richie, whose drastic weight loss spawned speculation that she has an eating disorder, acknowledges she is "too thin" and is getting treatment to add pounds, in an interview in Vanity Fair.

The props are ready for East Valley Academy’s production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," including Lucy’s 5-cent psychiatry booth and Snoopy’s doghouse. But Charlie Brown is still having a tough time remembering his lines.

While Christmas is a depressing and stressful time to many, it is a myth that more people take their lives during the holiday season, mental health officials said.

A fight over the rights of parents to medicate — or not medicate — their children is taking center stage in the battle over revamping Child Protective Services.

The Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office is asking Superior Court to drop the charges against 35 criminal defendants who have been deemed incompetent to stand trial, alleging that they are being illegally jailed while waiting for transfer to the state mental hospital for treatment.

The East Valley’s list of “suicide by cop” cases grew longer last week.