A provocative new study finds patients who were "overdiagnosed" with bipolar disorder were more likely to have received disability payments and for a longer period of ...

A new study suggests people who focus on how to achieve a goal may have a harder time achieving their aims than people who think abstractly about why they want ...

A provocative theory on the effect of strategies used to cope with stress may explain mental and physical health variations among ethnic groups. When people are under ...

Researchers have confirmed that a specialized form of behavior therapy can significantly reduce chronic tics and tic-related problems in children and adolescents. Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by tics ...

Swedish researchers believe they have uncovered a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet studied brain neurotransmitters and receptors and discovered ...

Although justice is supposed to be “blind,” a new study finds that attractiveness influences conviction and sentence length. Cornell University researchers found that unattractive defendants are 22 percent more ...

Researchers find that changing medication, along with cognitive behavioral therapy can help teenagers with treatment-resistant depression. A multicenter study discovered more than one third of ...

A new report suggests exposure to a particular class of pesticides is associated with an increased risk of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children. Published in the journal Pediatrics, the investigation found a connection between ...

For many, food cravings are our downfall. We exercise, we attempt to eat well, yet we succumb to cravings that overcome our willpower. Surprisingly, researchers have only recently begun ...

New research discovers the quality of child care appears to make a difference as benefits are noticed during adolescence. Scientists analyzed a long-running study and determined that teens ...