Generally known as alcoholism and alcohol abuse, alcohol use disorders are medical conditions that doctors can diagnose when a patient's drinking causes distress or harm. See if you recognize any of these symptoms in yourself.
Anxiety disorders can severely impair a person's ability to function at work, school and in social situations and can interfere with a person's relationships. There are effective treatments for anxiety.
It’s a common misconception that ADHD is only a childhood condition and does not affect individuals after adolescence.
About 2.6 percent of American adults -- nearly 6 million people -- have
How eating disorders affect family, friends and loved ones. Steps to take to help a family member recover. Approaching a loved one, treatment, support systems, emotions..
It can be difficult to verbalize what it's like to experience mental illness, so photographer Katie Crawford decided to show people instead of tell them....
If you had to imagine your mental illness or disorder as a house, what would it look like? Federico Babina has just released a new project called Archiatric, which depicts 16 different conditions as works of architecture in various states of repair.
A short, sharp look into the 10 personality disorders.
An estimated 24 million people in the U.S. have eating disorders, and they aren’t all women and girls.
Anorexia alone kills more people than any other mental illness does.
Having help from family and friends can make a profound difference to those living with bipolar. Advocate Stephen Propst suggests nine tips to keep in mind when offering support:
Deal with eating disorders and food addiction. SMART Recovery is an alternative to Overeaters Anonymous and other food addiction support groups.
A new study found symptoms of OCD, ADHD, anxiety, and depression were much more common among adults who met the criteria for workaholism.
"I would highly recommend exercise as an intervention for early psychosis."
How to tell if someone has a borderline personality disorder.
There are tests for heart attacks and diabetes, but few for brain disorders. Researchers are trying to change that, but are finding the hunt for biomarkers for mental illness to be a tough slog. Tests on the market, like ones for Alzheimer's, are not conclusive.
Eating disorders affect people of all racial/ethnic backgrounds, social status, age, gender identity and sexual orientations. Who gets eating disorders, current research, faces of eating disorders.