SYDNEY — Alexithymia is an independent risk factor for impulsive-compulsive disorders (ICDs) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), a study indicates. Alexithymia is a personality trait ...

Cowritten by Charlie Huntington and Tchiki Davis. All of us sometimes find ourselves at a loss for words, unable to describe our experience in the moment. When you receive unexpected news or have to ...

Alexithymia is when a person has difficulty experiencing, identifying, and expressing emotions. It is not a mental health disorder but has links with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eating ...

When most of us are stressed out we're able to intuitively name the emotion because of the way it makes us feel. But when Dr Krysia Waldock is struggling it can take a bit longer for the penny to drop ...

It seemed like a textbook case of depression. The patient, a male in his late 30s, was in counseling for marital difficulties. He was socially withdrawn and had started drinking heavily. His speech ...