Body image and lifestyle behaviors represent central factors shaping the mental and physical well-being of young individuals. Recent research underscores ...

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“Psychopathology and Mental Health” brings both the science and the personal aspects of the discipline to life in an attempt to answer pressing questions as accurately and sensitively as possible. For ...

Andrew Shtulman’s entertaining and informative 2017 book, Scienceblind, argues that intuitive theories of how things work interfere with scientific thinking, largely because intuitive theories work—or ...

A new study confirms that children of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology compared to children whose parents do not have these conditions.

Researchers are identifying behavioral, environmental and neural factors through which genetic risk for mental health problems is expressed in youth. When trying to understand how genetic influences ...

Abnormal psychology online is replicating abnormal psychology offline. Source: Cyberspace Icons - Download Free Vector Icons | Noun Project/Creative Commons The existence of the internet presents new ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Despite the fact that my research lies at the ...