Diagnosing personality disorders in children is controversial due to natural developmental shifts in mood and behavior. When maladaptive traits remain pervasive and persistent, however, a personality ...

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 ...

What’s it called when you feel sad or hopeless for weeks, months, or even years? If you’re thinking depression, yes, that’s true. But it could also be persistent depressive disorder (PDD), also known ...

What is “bipolar”? It’s encouraging that attempts to answer that question have made more progress in just the last five years than in the previous 25. I’ll present some of that progress in coming ...