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

Repetitive negative thinking is a major element of psychological disorders. Clinically concerning levels of anxiety, depression, and anger all carry with them repetitive thoughts that serve to ...

We’re seeing continued advances in making psychiatric diagnoses—and, therefore, improved treatment. A major step in this direction occurred in 2009 when the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) ...

A large global genetics study suggests conditions such as depression, schizophrenia and ADHD overlap far more than psychiatry ...

Credit: Getty Images Some rare psychological disorders may occur so infrequently that most mental health professionals might never encounter them. Approximately 1 of every 5 adults in the United ...

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 ...

Mental health is not to be reduced to simple discrete classifications, but that's what AI is doing to us. AI can be ...

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When people picture someone with an eating disorder, many think of a thin teenage girl with anorexia nervosa. This stereotype ...