Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder, is one of the most intriguing and misunderstood conditions in psychology. Characterized by the presence of two or ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

One of the enduring puzzles of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is its relentless contradiction. Patients desperately long for closeness yet recoil from it, fear abandonment while provoking it, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In 2015, doctors in Germany reported the ...

Today’s fast-paced and high-pressure world is believed to be one of the major factors responsible for the increasing cases of ...