Roughly every month I receive an e-mail from a parent somewhere in the world asking for help with a child who is violent, angry or aggressive. Some people describe being physically beaten or having ...

RBD is marked by loss of REM sleep atonia, leading to physical dream enactment. Polysomnography is essential to confirm RBD and rule out other disorders. Idiopathic RBD is a strong predictor of ...

Experts say medication commonly used to treat insomnia may also be a therapeutic option for the condition known as REM sleep behavior disorder. Mount Sinai researchers have published what they say is ...

Associate Research Scientist Mohammed Mostajo-Radji (left) and Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Tal Sharf. Two researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have received ...

Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state ...

Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a disruptive behavior disorder that emerges during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by persistent angry or irritable mood, unruly and argumentative ...

Source: Flickr, "Straight Jacket" by PhotoAteller, CC by 2.0 In my post Public Faces Vs. Private Thoughts: the Actor's Paradox, I wrote that patients with personality disorders are very adept at ...