The causes of psychiatric disorders are poorly understood. Now, in work led by researchers at McGill University, there is evidence that a...

Structural differences in the area of the brain responsible for decision making could explain why two siblings living in the same family...

According to a 2017 UCLA study, students with ADHD make up about 6% of the college student population and represent the most common type...

A new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has identified how specific communication among different brain regions, known as...

The golden rule of parenting is that roughhouse play always ends in tears. The rough and tumble of play fighting with dad however is...

I recently watched the Netflix documentary “Three Identical Strangers.” Without too much of a spoiler alert, triplets who were separated...

Offending in young people is deeply entwined with impulsive behavior and particular group norms. This is supported by a recent study...

People with psychopathic traits are predisposed toward antisocial behavior that can result in "unsuccessful" outcomes such as...

Mindfulness can be seen as a panacea for all things these these days. However, it needs to be subjected to more rigorous study in order...

Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have a higher tendency to choose smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed...

Teenage girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions...

A major international collaboration headed by researchers from the Danish iPSYCH project, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT,...

The professional youth field is very focused on the idea of low self-esteem being a driver of so many of young people's problems. Young...

In lectures and training in mental health I stress how current psychiatric diagnosis is really a short-hand for the presenting signs and...

Adolescents require 8-10 hours of sleep at night for optimal health, according to sleep experts, yet more than 70 percent of high school...

For the first time, Temple University researchers have used machine learning to rank the most important determinants of future affluence....

Without realizing it we make use of emotion regulation strategies all the time and they are crucial for everyday life. This is the...

Shifts in values is vital for recovery in both mental health and addictions, especially for those who experience the most complex...

A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(JAACAP) reports on a...

Children who struggle with weak cognitive control at an early age are at most risk for trouble in adulthood following their engagement in...