Mental Health Treatments

"We Have a Pope": Fearful New Pope Questions Catholicism

What Our Love for Cupcakes (Still!) Says About Us

Jane Rix / ShutterstockLook deep into my icing and tell me what you see...​The days when Samantha and Carrie were cooing over Magnolia Bakery's icing swirls seem so long ago -- like, 2000 -- and yet the cupcake trend will not die. Cupcake shops are still legion, and cupcake reality TV shows and c ... More >>

Asians Attack City for Lack of HIV Prevention Programs

Yo, where's the Asian Healthy Penis? ​The San Francisco Department of Public Health is known for being particularly hip and inventive with its STD-prevention campaigns targeting gay men. Based on the progressive campaigning the DPH has conducted in the past, including the Healthy Penis campaign (h ... More >>

Therapist Accused of Hypnotizing Patient, Then Having Sex with Her

Matthew Lindgren​A Bay Area therapist who specializes in sexual assault and rape cases allegedly had sex with his own patient while she was hypnotized. SF Weekly contacted lawyers for Angelina Rosiles, the plaintiff in the case, but they have not yet returned our phone calls. However, in a lawsuit ... More >>

Out Shining

Matthew Lindgren​A Bay Area therapist who specializes in sexual assault and rape cases allegedly had sex with his own patient while she was hypnotized. SF Weekly contacted lawyers for Angelina Rosiles, the plaintiff in the case, but they have not yet returned our phone calls. However, in a lawsuit ... More >>

Steven Allan Korn, Psychologist Accused of Sex with Patient, In Court Today

The allegations would not please Dr. Freud​"And how did that make you feel?" A San Francisco psychologist accused of doing more than talk therapy will be in court today to enter a plea. Steven Allan Korn, 61, is accused of twice having sex with a twentysomething female patient -- during therapy se ... More >>

Dot Com Autists: Get Some 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Therapy

The allegations would not please Dr. Freud​"And how did that make you feel?" A San Francisco psychologist accused of doing more than talk therapy will be in court today to enter a plea. Steven Allan Korn, 61, is accused of twice having sex with a twentysomething female patient -- during therapy se ... More >>

Defying Expectations

Fine actors turn a dated comedy about psychotherapy into something worth seeing

Just Say No

Conventional wisdom says psychiatric drugs save lives, but for some San Franciscans the pills are a prescription for disaster

Best Hippie Shop

Conventional wisdom says psychiatric drugs save lives, but for some San Franciscans the pills are a prescription for disaster

Best Free Alcohol and Drug Rehab

St. Anthony Foundation

See Me

The revealing yet mysterious photographs of Anne Deleporte

Best Batterer Betterer

Hamish Sinclair

Founder, Manalive

Mental Cruelty

Michael Wise and Susan Owsley are recovering schizophrenics who got the right kind of help, and got off the street.The mayor's secret budget cuts will make sure that doesn't happen anymore.

Blind Faith

A new treatment for victims of severe emotional trauma involving rhythmic eye movements has therapists claiming almost miraculous results. Psychological researchers say the eyes just don't have it.

The Doctor, the Transsexual, the Bed-Shooting and the Lawsuit

The stormy relationship between a transitioning transsexual and a well-known sex counselor raises questions about the growing field of sexology

My Mother, My Analyst

The stormy relationship between a transitioning transsexual and a well-known sex counselor raises questions about the growing field of sexology