Despite the common belief that there is one single criterion for the definition of sleep, there are actually several. These include physiological, motor, sensory, and behavioral criteria. Some of these criteria are absent or insufficient during sleepwalking or wakefulness. However, when several observers are in agreement, it is usually easy to differentiate between sleep and […]

Despite the stigma attached to BED, a number of treatments exist. Community-based treatment consists of a medical practitioner and a mental health professional. Medications may decrease appetite and obsessions and compulsions, and are sometimes used to combat the symptoms of depression and anxiety. Although most treatment options are effective in the short term, long-term studies […]

We may think that love can be boiled down to one emotion, but this is simply not true. There are many different emotions that make up love, making it difficult to define one emotion as the essence of the other. The following are some of the most popular theories of love. Let’s look at some […]