The information age has arrived. Cell phones and word processors rule. However, for an important population segment, the ability to use new technology is ...

A new report in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine posits that adolescents with psychiatric symptoms may ...

Cutting down or putting down a nerdy or dorky high school peer is an activity that has ...

According to a report presented at the American Psychiatric Association meeting, borderline personality disorder may be underdiagnosed -- at least initially. In the presentation, David Meyerson of DePaul University in Chicago reported on an evaluation ...

People with higher measures of cognitive ability are more likely to make good choices in several different types of economic decisions. A University of Minnesota study, set to ...

A receptor for glutamate, the most prominent neurotransmitter in the brain, plays a key role in the process of "unlearning." Writing in the current issue ...

Less than an hour of daily exercise reduces depressive symptoms and improves self-esteem in overweight children. The new study from the Medical College of Georgia included 207 ...

The diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome is now acknowledged to occur in adults, extending beyond traditional boundaries of children and adolescents. Asperger Syndrome (or Asperger's Disorder) ...

Emerging evidence suggests migraine headaches can precede the onset of mental disorders. "Together, migraine and mental disorders cause more impairment than alone," said lead study author ...

Researchers have hypothesized that people with lower IQs may have a higher risk of adult mental disorders, but few studies have looked at the relationship ...