Does having an addict in your family make it more likely to become one yourself? Explore the genetic risk factors, as well as the prominent environmental influences, for substance addiction in a instructional activity that encourages...

Students investigate the biology of ADHD and its implications upon the formation and treatment of the disease. They draw and label the parts of a neuron. Also, they describe the neurotransmission cycle. Students create a list of pros and...

Mayo Clinic staff provides a definition, symptoms, causes, risk factors, tests and diagnosis, complications, treatment and drugs for kleptomania, an impulse control disorder.

ADD is defined and differentiated from ADHD. Includes tips on establishing a productive learning environment as well as giving instructions and assignments to students with Attention Deficit Disorder.

An irresistible urge to pull out hair, trichotillomania is a mental disorder. This article provides information on the symptoms, diagnosis and tests, treatment and care, and management of this disorder.

Information on compulsive skin picking, the causes, effects, and symptoms as well as information on skin picking in children.