In the technical language of clinicians, when speaking of the patient's suffering or discomfort, we traditionally make a ...

There are people who never sit with their backs to the door in a restaurant. Some instinctively scan every room for exits.

A recent study published in Molecular Psychiatry provides evidence that experiencing abuse during different stages of childhood and adolescence alters how the brain processes emotions in adulthood.

Actor and director Timothy Busfield is facing charges of sexual abuse involving a minor after he was accused of misconduct ...

The ability to recognize emotional facial expressions relies on brain functional networks, particularly in the right hemisphere, and is impaired in neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s ...

For centuries, mental illness and physical disease have been viewed as two distinct categories, each with its own field of study, its own doctors, and its own menu of treatments. New CU Boulder ...

In February, the Louisiana Department of Health launched a new era of person-centered care for mothers affected by substance use disorder with the announcement of 11 inaugural Project M.O.M. (Maternal ...

Lavaca County Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Travis Hill was arrested on three felony charges related to sexual assault and soliciting prostitution. Lavaca County justice of the peace died by suicide ...

Substance use disorder is a silent epidemic ravaging our nation. It plagues 20 million Americans, costs taxpayers $820 billion annually and manifests in ways many of us overlook: untreated mental ...

Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it. Credit...Illustration by Moonassi Supported by By Maggie Jones Maggie Jones ...

Substance use disorder is defined in the DSM-5-TR. It includes alcohol, stimulants, opioids, sedatives, cannabis, and tobacco, among others. Substance use disorder is a treatable, chronic condition in ...

Nick Reiner, the son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner who is facing murder charges in the deaths of his parents, has been prescribed medication for schizophrenia, according to two sources who ...