Drugs, alcohol and cigarettes: Top experts reveal the latest research on the sometimes fatal attraction of substance use and abuse.

ADD affects more than children -- doctors know it's often a grown-up disorder that can cripple smart, creative adults.

Chances are that you have a close family member who has a drinking problem. But if alcoholism is a disease, why is it that too often we look at the drinker as the problem?

Anger can be the most natural emotion in the world. and the most destructive.

With Dr. Steven Hyman, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Mary Guardino of the national advocacy group Freedom From Fear and Dr. Michael Davis, a top anxiety researcher at Yale University Medical Center.

Images of the tormented artist, poet, painter and composer are familiar. but is there really a link between madness and art?

“Let’s not use the word ‘cure’ if you don’t mind… When you talk about cure you imply that we’re broken. I don’t feel broken.” So says Liane Holliday Willey, a woman who not so long ago would have been described as a “victim” of Asperger’s Syndrome.

In one of our most important programs to date, this second of a two-part special report on Asperger’s Syndrome offers a groundbreaking and extraordinary look at Asperger's in children and young adults.

If you don't know your brain stem from your cerebellum, this is the show for you.

As many as a third of the children diagnosed with ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder - are tragically misdiagnosed. Their tantrums, fidgetiness, self-abuse and inability to pay attention are signs of a major mental illness - bipolar disorder, or manic depression.

Statistics on Borderline Personality Disorder can be hard to come by. But reliable estimates indicate as many as one in fifty Americans may suffer from the disorder.

Imagine coming down with a bad case of the flu - the kind where your whole body aches and it's hard to think straight -- and that the flu NEVER GOES AWAY.

We've all experienced it - a friend calls just as we are thinking of him, or a romantic partner has the same birthday we do.

This week, we shed some light on the creative process and talk to leading researchers about artistic, scientific, and corporate creativity.

Dr. Peter Kramer examines new research on the biology of depression including new findings showing depression is not only a disease that affects the balance of chemicals in the brain, but the anatomy of the brain, as well.

Sex, gambling, drug use, extreme sports. Behind ALL these thrills lurks a brain chemical called dopamine. In this hour, we explore The Dopamine Connection.

As many as one in seven American children is affected to some degree by dyslexia, which disables language skills but often bestows special abilities in the visual and spatial realm.

Do you know someone who never seems to experience joy? Whether it be a new pair of shoes, a new job, or even a raise - they never look happy and their personality always seems "blah."

Electroshock therapy: It’s a charged topic. Is it something out of Frankenstein, or a modern medical miracle?

Emotions are an integral part of being human. But what makes us happy, sad, or angry? What can science tell us about what happens in the brain when we experience emotion?

This week on The Infinite Mind we strive to understand Empathy. More than just caring, empathy is a complex neurological mechanism that holds society together.

In this hour, we explore Exercise and the Mind.

This week on The Infinite Mind, we look at Foods and Moods. Just thinking about eating your favorite foods can make you feel good.

We see it in figures as different - and distant - as Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein: a rare combination of unusual intelligence, remarkable insight, and amazing inventiveness.

Just in time for your New Year’s resolution: When does enough become too much? And why is it so hard for compulsive savers to know the difference?