Psychology & Psychiatry

When a child in a family lives with a chronic disorder—a rare genetic condition, a neurodevelopmental diagnosis, or a serious...

In a finding that is already drawing attention across pain research and psychology of religion communities, a team of scientists...

Scientists have developed and validated the first psychometric instrument designed specifically to assess gaming disorder in children as young as...

When medical students step inside a prison psychiatric clinic for the first time, most carry with them a mental image...

Suicide remains one of the most difficult outcomes in medicine to predict, and for decades clinicians have relied on judgment,...

Every time you glance at a word printed in the wrong color and force yourself to name the ink rather...

When a child with selective mutism freezes at a restaurant counter, it is often a parent who answers for them,...

One of the most widely prescribed treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder asks patients to do something that sounds almost unbearable:...

Japanese researchers have identified a new psychological construct that may explain why some older adults manage to feel—and stay—younger than...

Severe mental illness places an enormous burden on the estimated millions of people living with conditions such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective...