Analysis of a national sample of individuals with alcohol dependence (alcoholism) revealed five distinct subtypes of the disease. This finding should help dispel the myth that alcoholism is easily categorized ...

A recent study suggests children who were taught a curriculum that focused on self-control and awareness of their own and others’ emotions display greater social competence and fewer behavioral or emotional problems. Researchers report their ...

An obsession with body image affects at least three million Americans. Individuals often go to great lengths to hide from the world, often altering their appearance through plastic surgeries, while wrongly perceiving themselves to ...

A new report suggests children whose mothers were exposed to second-hand smoke while they were pregnant have more symptoms of serious psychological problems compared to the offspring of women who had no prenatal exposure to ...

A new survey tool by Spanish researchers is designed to provide a reliable and valid evaluation of sexual desire. The inventory measures both solitary sexual motivation and the interest in having sexual intercourse with another ...

Medical authorities have struggled over the potential risk for newborns when a certain class of depression medications is taken during pregnancy. New research suggests use of certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressants do not appear ...

Want to keep Alzheimer's disease at bay? The conventional wisdom of keeping your brain engaged, such as by playing games that tax your mental energies or reading the newspaper, has been found to significantly reduce ...

Depression currently affects between 5-10 percent of individuals and is the third most common reason for health consultation. Worldwide, the disorder will soon become the second leading cause of disability. Tantalizing new research finds a link ...

Increasingly, the new source for "getting high" is found in medicine cabinets. Authorities report more than 6 million Americans abuse prescription drugs with one in 10 teenagers admitting to abusing painkillers, such as Vicodin and ...

According to some estimates more than 60 percent of women fail to regularly obtain the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep per night. As sleep debt mounts, physical and mental health consequences increase. Experts ...