"Americans are in the midst of a mental health crisis, which lingered well before and was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic," the researchers wrote in the report. "The initial trauma and continued ...

Schuyler Bailar was assigned female at birth. But as a child, he couldn’t shake the sense that he wouldn’t grow up to be a woman. “One of my earliest gender memories was that I was going to grow up to ...

A 20-year-old man recently had two of his healthy fingers amputated to resolve his persisting distress that they didn't belong on his body. A 20-year-old Canadian man no longer has two of his healthy ...

Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID) is a rare and complex psychological condition in which individuals experience a persistent and distressing desire to become disabled in a specific way, often involving ...

Dysphoria is a general dissatisfaction with life. Techniques like mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and positive episodic simulation may help people with dysphoria gain greater contentment and a ...

A 20-year-old Canadian man no longer has two of his healthy fingers after deciding to get them amputated, and body integrity identity disorder is why doctors agreed to it. The extremely rare mental ...