Sex and love addiction isn’t an official diagnosis, but mental health experts say it can have serious real life consequences.

Extreme instances of stress can cause lasting changes to the brain itself. This could leave some people more vulnerable to addiction, a University of Mississippi study concludes.

Can something as common as heartbreak be a mental illness? Experts can't agree, but the research on bad romance is nevertheless compelling.

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A personality test is an instrument designed to elicit a response that may reveal someone's "personality"—that is, their patterns of behaving and thinking across different situations. These tests can ...

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Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, John M. Oldham, MD, MS, one of psychiatry's most influential architects of personality disorder theory, traces his ...