Mood disorders include depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. These types of psychiatric disorders affect a person’s emotions and may cause severe lows, called depression, and highs, called mania ...

When Shena Downs left her nearly 1-year-old daughter with her mother several years ago, she returned home to find her baby without a diaper. It was one of the first signs of her mother’s forgetfulness ...

Speech-language pathologists or speech therapists can help when you are having problems speaking, communicating, or swallowing due to a wide range of conditions, including speech delays or strokes.

Vocal fold (or vocal cord) paralysis occurs when your vocal folds, the two bands of tissue in your larynx (voice box), stop moving. Usually, this occurs because one or both of the nerves that go to ...

It’s normal to feel your heart beat faster or your face flush before getting up to speak in front of a room of 50 people. But if you’re coming up with excuses to avoid the speaking engagement ...

Are you a 'gifted,' 'words of worry,' 'routine perfectionist,' or 'too hot to handle' sleeper? Here's why learning your sleep language may be the key to getting better sleep. Jessica was a writer on ...

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSAD) at Sacramento State offers the Master of Science (M.S.) in Communication Sciences and Disorders. The CSAD M.S. courses are designed for ...