Learn what borderline personality disorder symptoms are through testimonies of people who have experienced them. The post How ...

B inge eating disorder ("BED") is a rather common eating disorder that can affect anyone. And yet it was only officially ...

PTSD is an official DSM-5 diagnosis and is rooted in exposure to threatened or actual death or serious injury. EMS clinicians may develop PTSD after violent calls, major incidents, or graphic trauma.

AMSTERDAM — Postpartum psychosis (PP) is a distinct psychiatric phenotype with specific prevention and treatment strategies and should be classified as a distinct mental illness diagnosis within the ...

An increasing amount of attention is being paid to dyslexia and autism. These neurodevelopmental disorders affect a large number of children, to the point where they have become household names for ...

In a noisy school cafeteria, two children speak over the conversations and clanging utensils happening around them. While many observers may see the children talking and think their ears are doing all ...

LOS ANGELES — Exploratory plans for a new iteration of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) were presented publicly for the first time at American Psychiatry Association ...

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Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I am continuing my ongoing series about the ...

Mental health professionals use specific criteria to identify anxiety disorders. Learn how the DSM guides the diagnostic process and why it matters for your care. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ...

What if the DSM diagnosed the cultural pathologies of capitalism and colonialism rather than the individuals afflicted by them? A forthcoming article in American Psychologist, the flagship journal of ...