Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by repetitive, unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and irrational, excessive urges to do certain actions (compulsions).

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Rapper Kanye West — who released a song praising Adolf Hitler earlier this year — made a groveling apology to a New York City rabbi and said he is taking “accountability” for his bizarre antisemitic ...

If your anger or defiant behavior is really getting in the way of relationships, career goals, and other aspects of your life, but you’re unable to curb your emotional impulses, you may have a problem ...

Even the best-behaved students occasionally can be difficult. But kids and teens who display a continual pattern of tantrums, arguing, and angry or disruptive behavior toward teachers, parents, or ...

This story was co-published with permission from MindSite News. Black children are disproportionately diagnosed with a mental health condition known as oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which ...

Black children are disproportionately diagnosed with a mental health condition known as oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which serves to label them as “bad kids” and perpetuates systemic racism, ...

Humans operate by rationalization because we are basically democracies. Our conscious mind ego has to find a way to explain to itself the choices made by the id, which is essentially an angry crowd ...

Anthropologists call it schismogenesis — the process by which one group’s behavior elicits a contrasting response from the other, producing a feedback loop of social differentiation. Left unchecked, ...

‘Bad kid’ diagnosis ‘greases the school-to-prison pipeline,’ doctor says Black children are disproportionately diagnosed with a mental health condition known as oppositional defiant disorder, which ...

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), a common diagnosis in child psychiatry, describes children who exhibit frequent anger, irritability, defiance, and vindictiveness. But a new paper by child ...