A nervous breakdown refers to a period of intense and severe emotional symptoms like panic, anxiety, and distress. You may ...

When I was a junior in high school my Spanish teacher started behaving very strangely. She became increasingly agitated and defensive, and the class, sensing her emotional frailty, responded as a pack ...

Psychiatric diagnosis is badly in need of shaking up, but it didn’t happen in the new DSM-5 launched several months ago. The new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual just trims at the ...

"Nervous breakdown" was never an official diagnosis, just a popular euphemism and convenient catch-all for the inability to function due to psychological stress. Melinda Beck has details on Lunch ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting ...