Neurodevelopmental disorders are a group of disorders in which the development of the central nervous system is disturbed. This can include developmental brain dysfunction, which can manifest as ...

Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a type of mental health diagnosis. People with traits of NPD inflate their feelings of self-worth, want others to admire them, and lack empathy. They often ...

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) treatment involves a combination of different therapies, psychiatric medications, and coping strategies. Previously known as multiple personality disorder or split ...

Cluster B personality disorders affect a person’s emotions and behaviors, leading to actions that others tend to consider dramatic, overly emotional, or erratic. A personality disorder is a ...

It also works with clinics on medication-assisted treatments for opioid use disorder, and distributes block grants across U.S. states that bolster community mental health services and substance ...

While studies have reported high rates of co-occurring personality disorders with bipolar (narcissistic, histrionic, avoidant), borderline personality disorder is particularly common. Researchers ...

What Are Inherited Metabolic Disorders? Inherited metabolic disorders are genetic conditions that result in metabolism problems. Most people with inherited metabolic disorders have a defective ...

So, do people genuinely change, or do our basic personalities remain stable? The Science of Personality Stability Psychologists have long debated how much personality shifts over time. Research ...

Diagnosis in adults is almost unheard of. Yet, what is much more commonly diagnosed in adults are personality disorders, with a lifetime prevalence rate of approximately 13% (Volkert et al., ...

Sociopathy is also linked to a mental health condition known as antisocial personality disorder, or ASPD. Sociopathy was the former name for ASPD. George Partridge, an American psychologist ...

The brain is a complex organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger and every process that regulates our body. Together, the brain and ...