Both psychologists refer to that behavior as post-event rumination. According to Steele, post-event rumination is “the ...

Cluster B personality disorders affect a person’s emotions and behaviors, leading to actions that others tend to consider dramatic, overly emotional, or erratic. A personality disorder is a ...

What Are Inherited Metabolic Disorders? Inherited metabolic disorders are genetic conditions that result in metabolism problems. Most people with inherited metabolic disorders have a defective ...

Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive anxiety and distress when you are either away from home or away from the people with whom you have a close emotional ...

Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is a mental disorder in which a person has excessive thoughts and behaviors about physical symptoms—such as pain or fatigue—which may or may not have a medical cause.

Co-authored by Nina Bakoyiannis, Ph.D., and Amy Vigliotti, Ph.D. What is rumination? Whether it is worrying about the uncertainty of the future, fretting about an upcoming decision, or fixating on ...