Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...

People with dissociative identity disorder develop fractured parts of their identity to cope with trauma, which can cause amnesia and disconnect.

With "Split" M Night Shaymalan is back. Until the next “Lady in the Water” at least. This engaging thriller about the kidnapping of three teenage girls offers a superbly acted and plausibly complex ...

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone's everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research ...

A classic communication theory, the double bind, may offer a unifying explanation for the paradoxes at the core of borderline ...