Mental health disorders like depression and anxiety are common conditions that affect millions of people in the United States. Importantly, not everyone has the same risk of developing such disorders.

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...

Binge eating disorder entered the diagnostic manual on mental health conditions 10 years ago. It’s still getting overlooked. Credit...Laura Edelbacher Supported by By Dani Blum At 2 or 3 a.m., David ...

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Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder are serious health risks, and can be life-threatening. They are also common, especially among teenage girls. More ...

Brief psychotic disorder is similar to schizophrenia, but rather than being a chronic illness, it lasts for less than 1 month. Psychosis isn’t always associated with a long-term illness, such as ...

Many people with bipolar disorder have a strong attraction to marijuana. A 2019 review of 53 studies found that almost a quarter of a combined sample of 51,756 individuals with the condition used ...

Personality refers to a relatively stable set of tendencies in behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns, which together constitute a person’s unique character. One person may, for instance, be ...

Substance-induced mood disorders, or mental disorders, are persistent mental health conditions impacting mood that stem from the physiological effects of substances, certain medications, heavy metals, ...

Schizoaffective disorder is characterized by psychotic symptoms similar to schizophrenia, such as hallucinations and delusions, along with the presence of a mood disorder like mania or depression.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, identifies 10 unique personality disorders, each belonging to one of three groups known as "clusters." Cluster A contains paranoid, ...