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 ...

Psychiatric disorders can share common genetic influences, which means parts of DNA can be at the root of more than one mental condition, new research has found. The study, led by researchers at Texas ...

Genetic research is rapidly overturning the idea that each psychiatric diagnosis is a separate island. Large DNA studies now suggest that many mental health conditions are different expressions of a ...

Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A new study has now honed in on some of those shared genetic variants to understand their ...

Homelessness can predispose individuals to psychiatric disorders. Conversely, certain psychiatric disorders can increase the risk of becoming homeless. A recent article in JAMA Psychiatry by Rebecca ...

Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of ...

It’s one of the most common psychiatric disorders in adults. Yet there are no U.S. guidelines for diagnosing and treating patients beyond childhood. By Christina Caron Just before Katie Marsh dropped ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Body dysmorphic disorder is more prevalent in adolescence than childhood, particularly among girls. Screening ...

Researchers have now identified that there are actually seven distinct types of hyperarousal. By analyzing data from nearly 500 participants across multiple disorders, the team discovered that while ...

Psychiatric manual categories still help with communication and treatment planning, but are imperfect proxies for personalized medicine or treatment predictions. The study confirmed what some ...

New research shows that people who take certain psychiatric medications may be more likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND).

Cambridge researchers map the convergence of biomarkers, digital phenotyping, and AI toward biologically grounded ...