Ever zoned out while driving or felt like you were watching your life from outside your body? You're not alone. This video explains dissociation, a common but often misunderstood experience.

Recognizing Dr. Yvette Fay Francis McBarnette as a part of Women's History Month!

Heat death of the universe, also called The Big Chill or Big Freeze, will happen when the entropy of the universe will be so high that everything and everyone that lives in it will perish. This will happen because an organism living in...

The short answer is NO. Fingerprints do not change over time. However, there is a catch: they do not change as we grow old, but they can be affected by certain external conditions. A person’s fingerprints usually form in the 17th week...

Discover how Huntington's disease is passed on through a single gene. How does it progress, what are the symptoms and is there a treatment? Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that is...

Dive deep into the lesser-known world of eating disorders that affect a significant percentage of the population. From neophobia, where individuals fear new foods, to those who only consume foods of a specific color or texture, explore...

Explore the challenging world of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), from the compulsive hoarding of books to the relentless cleaning rituals. Discover the scientific and psychological underpinnings of OCD, including its potential...

Prenatal testing can provide valuable information for anyone with a baby on the way. However, a recent report suggests that for some syndromes, these tests are wrong a majority of the time. It’s not because the tests are “bad”, though,...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder in which a person has unwanted intrusive and repetitive thoughts that become obsessions. These obsessions then make them do things to relieve the thoughts, a behavior called compulsions....

There’s a new study using oxytocin (often called the love hormone) to treat borderline personality disorder. To date we really don’t have a medication treatment for the disorder. I talk about the treatment for...

Bipolar disorder is considered to be in a rapid cycling state if you have more than four episodes of either depression or mania in one year.

One study showed that 80% of people experienced a resolution of their rapid cycling...

What happens when you're afraid of losing control? Do you freak out, feel paralyzed, or do something else? In this video, I talk about what can happen when we fear losing control and offer some tips for how to deal with it.

Kleptomania is an impulse control disorder that requires 5 criteria according to the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition.
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1. Recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal...

What is intermittent explosive disorder and what we do about it? This video is based on a several viewer questions. Some of the questions were around distinguishing it from bipolar disorder. Others asked me to to talk...

Depersonalization is defined as feeling unreal and detached from your body’s thoughts, sensation and actions. It’s like you’re observing yourself and your thoughts. Things don’t seem real.
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Derealization is defined as...

Delusional disorder is very different from schizophrenia. The only thing they have in common is the presence of delusions. Schizophrenia is delusions, plus hallucinations, disorganized thoughts and behavior...

In this video, I explore the definition of sadism and discuss some examples of sadistic behavior. I also talk about the origins of the word and how it's used today.

Sadism is the desire to intentionally harm someone and...

Histrionic personality disorder falls into the cluster B grouping of personality disorders. Cluster B refers to the group of personality disorders that share the characteristics of being dramatic, emotional or erratic....

What ADHD is really like. It's more than problems with focus and concentration. I discuss ADHD in adulthood symptoms. ADHD and hyperfocus are an unexpected combination.
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In an adult with ADHD, here's what you can...

Dependent personality disorder falls under the cluster C personality disorders which are the personalities where people appear fearful or anxious. The other two in this cluster are avoidant and obsessive compulsive. I’ve...

There’s a bidirectional relationship between gastrointestinal disorders and anxiety. This relationship is thought to be controlled by a gut-brain connection. Research studies have concluded that there is signaling between...

The two most common behaviors are hair pulling and skin picking. These two have official names in the diagnostic manual. Hair pulling is called trichotillomania and skin-picking is called excoriation disorder. Even though...

There are two main movement disorders that are responsible for sleep problems: Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD). RLS afflicts between 9% and 15% of the general population. That’s not a...

Obsessive compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder whereby you have either obsessions or compulsions or both. Most people have both but you can have one or the other. Some people use the term Pure O OCD to refer to only having...