The most common way of thinking about “acting out” is that it is self-destructive behavior. But originally Freud used the term to describe when a patient acts on the basis of an unconscious feeling ...

Lots of young people act out, especially in the wake of trauma. But there is a line between what is understandable and what is not. In this story, the family consists of one dad and three siblings.

Dear Annie: Not quite 20 years ago, I worked for a local authority mental health agency with about 650 employees. I worked in the human resources department and knew all the employees by name because ...

HOUSTON — Acting out your dreams -- like running in bed as your dream self tries to escape an attacker -- can be indicative of health issues, including Parkinson’s disease. When we go into deep sleep, ...

The pop star writes she "didn't know how to break out of my character. I really became this other person" while shooting the movie Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

A Texas State University student was expelled on Tuesday after being caught on video acting out conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination during an on-campus memorial event hosted by a local ...