"Nervous breakdown" and "mental breakdown" are outdated terms for a mental health crisis. A "nervous breakdown" is not an official diagnosis, but you may use it to describe a situation in which your ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

When anxiety spikes, the nervous system can shift into fight-or-flight in seconds, but it can also be guided back toward ...