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

A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder ...

Psychiatry often espouses brain disease explanations for mental disorders. Psychiatry pursued brain disease models due to ...

Researchers have discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published in ...

A massive reference book of mental health conditions known as the “bible” of psychiatry is going to change. The fifth and ...

These days, there’s a lot of talk and debate about whether mental disorders ought to be thought of as biological diseases versus “understandable” and even “normal” reactions to life events. One common ...

Depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder are each linked to an increased risk for acute coronary syndrome, a new meta-analysis shows.

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 ...

According to CNN, mental health experts are planning significant updates to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

The FDA issued a warning about the use of compounded ketamine products, including oral formulations, for treating psychiatric disorders, due to a recent increased interest. The warning emphasized that ...

A psychotrauma specialist explains why trauma affects more people than expected after disasters and why delayed care remains ...