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Eight students in a typical ­classroom are now deemed to be disabled, as new education data exposes a surge in ...

Involuntary crying or laughing are symptoms of a condition known as involuntary emotional expression disorder (IEED). This disorder is common among patients with stroke and other neurological ...

Hormonal disorders like PMOS can affect more than physical health often influencing mood, stress, anxiety and emotional wellbeing through complex hormonal imbalances.

New research has found that the way childhood abuse and/or neglect is remembered and processed has a greater impact on later mental health than the experience itself. The authors suggest that, even in ...

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Before Walter even reached kindergarten, his teachers were kicking him out of class. " I kind of noticed that he was like really aggressive," his mom, Crystal Deramus, remembered. "Like, instead of ...

While we tend to associate disordered eating ―  anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorder ― with adolescent women, it’s not uncommon for women in midlife to develop, or experience an eating disorder ...

This post was co-written by Zamfira Parincu and Tchiki Davis. Do you feel like your emotions swing all over the place? Once you start experiencing emotions, does it feel hard to stop? Or, do your ...

Emotional spending is about spending money in response to emotional triggers instead of rational needs. While most people are guilty of emotional spending at some point in their lives, it can ...