The researchers found that adults using hearing devices feel more socially connected and less limited in social situations.

A new University of Sheffield research project that aims to improve communication between people with aphasia and their ...

Major depressive disorder affects hundreds of millions worldwide, but a key to understanding its origins may lie in the brain ...

Social communication disorder, also called pragmatic language disorder, is a new entry to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Before that, the ...

A great deal of research and clinical work is being carried out to understand the mechanisms of social cognition and help people living with a mental health disorder to recover.

Rachel Ling Gordon wasn’t always so outgoing. When she was a toddler, she was diagnosed with selective mutism, a social communication anxiety disorder. Wowing the crowd at a magic show is no ...

Communication disorders in children pose a significant concern that is often overlooked during their developmental stages. These disorders manifest as impairments in receiving, sending, processing ...

Social (pragmatic) communication disorder involves "difficulties in the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication," such as a lack of ability to alter communication to fit particular ...

Social communication disorder is distinct from autism, but the two conditions share some traits in common. This means that some people who received an autism diagnosis a while ago might actually ...

Social anxiety is something CNN’s Kristen Rogers knows all too well. She details how debilitating the disorder was from childhood to young adulthood, and how cognitive behavioral therapy is the ...