Growing up in a dysfunctional home can leave lasting imprints that affect your day-to-day life, often without you even realizing it. These behaviors, ingrained over time, may have helped you navigate ...

Now, newly discussed research is challenging that assumption, with a study now suggesting that dogs may experience forms of ...

No family is perfect. Likewise, no family, or social system for that matter, will be completely void of dysfunction. But occasional dysfunctional behavior does not automatically create the kind of ...

If you’re like most parents, you want the best for your kids. You want them to succeed in school, have healthy friendships, ...

A couple of months ago, I gave a presentation on how to support clients from traumatic families at a conference. Inevitably, a hand shot up from the back of the room: “But aren’t all families ...

Anxiety disorders, characterized by an excessive apprehension about real or perceived threats and dysfunctional behaviors ...

A collaborative study involving Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Cambridge and the University of Exeter Medical School reveals a new gene associated with obesity and maladaptive behavior.

Recently, we had reports that unhealthy gambling has increased in Maryland (“Does Maryland have a sports betting problem?” Oct. 17). This means that more people are losing control when it comes to ...

Proposed changes to the psychiatric profession’s diagnostic manual, the DSM-5, have caused a recent uproar, with critics worried that the new label of “alcohol abuse disorder” will overdiagnose young ...