Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.

Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects about eight per cent of children globally, severely impairing their ability to learn, use, and understand spoken language. Diagnosing DLD in multilingual ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Six-year-old Antoni, born in the UK to Polish parents, speaks only a few English words in class and often looks confused when the teacher gives instructions. He could simply be adjusting to English – ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug treatment for pediatric patients 12 and older with a rare blood disorder. The treatment for acquired thrombotic ...

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Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone's everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research that suggests you can, and often sooner than you might expect. Whether in a ...

An analysis of gene variants in more than a million people diagnosed with neurodivergencies and mental health conditions – by far the largest study of its kind so far – has found that 14 conditions ...

Neurologic diseases and disorders are now the leading cause of disability nationwide, affecting half the US population. A systematic analysis showed that 1 in 2 people, ie, nearly half the US ...