Our understanding of mental illness is undergoing a major evolution, driven by recent advances in genetics. Rather than ...

Genetic research is rapidly overturning the idea that each psychiatric diagnosis is a separate island. Large DNA studies now ...

An analysis of DNA from millions of individuals has identified shared genetic pathways across psychiatric disorders, findings ...

More people are now seeking help for common mental health conditions, as well as for ADHD and autism. But are more people experiencing mental ill health? Sarah Scobie takes a closer look.

Analysis of more than one million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a ...

New research shows that the presence of ancient DNA—specifically that associated with viruses dating back hundreds of thousands of years—could make modern humans more susceptible to common psychiatric ...

Results also indicate how these genetics might affect a person’s biology to increase their risk of different mental ...

Mental health conditions include disorders that impact mood, thinking, and behavior. Each has unique symptoms, but mental health conditions can cause low mood, confusion, hallucinations, extreme mood ...

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A large study has found increasing rates of common mental health conditions and drug dependency, but stable rates of autism ...

People with mental health conditions face a significantly higher risk of physical injuries, according to a new University of ...