“Mental disorders,” in stark contrast, are nominal or classificatory kinds: They are names or descriptions of clusters of ...

A new article in the Journal of Clinical Psychology (Theodor-Katz et al., 2022) recommends adding “maladaptive daydreaming” to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Proposed ...

By focusing too much on diagnosing mental disorders, we are teaching people to understand and label their distress in ...

Respecting autonomy in anorexia must not lead to abandonment, as supporting choice and preserving life can and should coexist ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. The human mind can be hard to grasp, especially when it comes to abnormalities.

Comorbidity is when a person has more than one health condition at once. Researchers investigating the comorbidity of personality disorders have found people with certain disorders may have other ...

Researchers at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and University of Ottawa found that high risk of obstructive sleep apnea ...

Collaborative care, an evidence-based model to treat behavioral health conditions in primary care, did not improve outcomes ...