For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...

Youth with related behavior challenges may have trouble moving between different brain states, according to a new study from ...

What is REM sleep disorder? REM sleep disorder (RBD) is a type of parasomnia associated with synucleinopathies ––a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders thought to share a common pathologic ...

A little-known and poorly understood sleep disorder that occurs during the rapid eye movement, or REM, stage of sleep has been garnering attention for its role in foreshadowing neurodegenerative brain ...

The way to tell ODD from developmentally appropriate anger, tantrums, and misbehavior, even a very bad patch, is duration and intensity. “The most notable thing with ODD is going to be the severity ...

The inevitability of variation in human behavior is a phenomenon psychologists have long recognized and developed statistical methods to account for in their analyses. Human behavior varies not only ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with major depressive disorder who showed suicidal behavior had a 2.62 hazard ratio for all-cause ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that chronic cannabis use may not be associated with cognitive ...

Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at ...

According to a recent study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, eating behavior is associated with symptoms of pelvic floor disorders in middle-aged women. For example, higher ...

Although reduced body image and low self-esteem are potential risk factors for eating disorders, they’re not the only factors at play. Body dissatisfaction can increase your risk of disordered eating ...