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

The findings one day could allow people with multiple mental health conditions to be treated with a single therapy, ...

“Mental disorders,” in stark contrast, are nominal or classificatory kinds: They are names or descriptions of clusters of ...

A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By ...

Mental disorders like depression and anxiety are characterized by a variety of different symptoms, and individuals receiving the same diagnosis may experience different combinations of those symptoms.

Substance use disorder is a treatable, chronic condition in which an individual has an addiction to using alcohol, tobacco, ...

Most people experiencing homelessness have mental health disorders, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. In an examination of studies that included nearly 50,000 participants, the ...

A new study of more than 700,000 people living in Finland found that mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and eating disorders could potentially be transmitted socially within adolescent peer ...

A common mental health issue could take years off your life, new research has revealed. People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were found to live shorter lives than those who were ...

Yes, experts classify eating disorders as mental illnesses. Experts recognise eating disorders in medical and psychiatric manuals such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ...

BOCHUM, Germany — Left-handed people appear significantly more often among those with certain mental and neurodevelopmental disorders, according to groundbreaking research that analyzed data from over ...