A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric patients.

A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By analyzing genetic data from more than six million people, researchers uncovered ...

A large global genetics study suggests conditions such as depression, schizophrenia and ADHD overlap far more than psychiatry once believed, raising questions about how mental illness is diagnosed and ...

New research links inflammation to mental health symptoms. Personalized care using brain and immune data could improve ...

Key points Finding the explanation to psychological disorders may seem to be an insurmountable task. New case studies suggest that fear of loss of control may underlie many psychological disorders.

A landmark global study published in the journal Nature has suggested that several psychiatric disorders share common genetic roots, raising the possibility that many mental health conditions may not ...

ACROSS many communities, children’s mental health challenges remain largely misunderstood, overlooked or mistaken for simple behavioural problems. A child who becomes withdrawn, aggressive, fearful or ...

Living with an autoimmune disease is linked to a near doubling in the risk of persistent mental health issues, such as depression, generalized anxiety, and bipolar disorder, with these risks higher in ...

An analysis of more than 700,000 students showed that those who had multiple classmates in ninth grade with a mental disorder diagnosis had an increased risk of being diagnosed with a mental disorder ...