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Forming a secure identity is one of the main psychological tasks of adolescence. During the turbulent teen years, you must come to grips with who you are, and project into the future as you think ...

As we observe Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Awareness Day in 2024, it is important to shed light on this often misunderstood and stigmatised mental health condition. DID, formerly known as ...

Gender dysphoria (formerly known as gender identity disorder in the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM) is defined by strong, persistent feelings of ...

It's hard to imagine anyone wanting to lose a limb. But for people living with Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), it’s a burning desire that haunts them every day of their lives. For "John," ...

"I want my quality of life to get better," the actress said Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has written about entertainment and breaking news for over five years.

For many years, I thought it was normal not to remember large parts of your life. I remember very little of school, and my memories of home were very specific. I do remember being outdoors, playing in ...

The human brain is constantly bombarded with information 24/7. As you’re reading this article, your dog might be yawning, a delivery truck is passing by underneath your window, and just about a ...

It’s a bit embarrassing to remember that it was less than half a century ago that being gay was listed as a mental illness by the American Psychiatric Association. The organization declassified ...

Western psychiatry's struggle to characterize those who do not identify with prescribed gender roles looks to be analogous to the history of homosexuality, which was a diagnosis (in at least some form ...