Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction: Mental Disorder, Severe

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Mental disorders surge among young adults

Mental disorders among young adults have surged, with new research showing the proportion of young Australians meeting diagnostic criteria for anxiety, mood or substance disorders increased from 23.4% to 36.2% from 2007 to ...

Perceived threats behind women's lethal violence

Women who kill are not characterized by psychopathy. Instead, they act primarily because they feel provoked and threatened. At the same time, there is a certain degree of planning among the group of women with a severe mental ...