The study, published last week in The Lancet Psychiatry, analyzed answers that participants provided between 2001 and 2022 in response to a World Health Organization survey designed to assess the ...

Schizophrenia is simultaneously one of the most famous mental illnesses and one of the most misunderstood ... Delusions, or believing in things that aren’t true or real, and acting on them are common.

Hallucinations are often frightening and are caused by mental and general medical illnesses. What are those illnesses? Are ...

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 ...

Jessica Booth is a New York-based freelance writer who regularly writes about health, wellness, parenting, food, travel, beauty and more for a variety of publications. She currently writes for Forbes ...

Bolton is a senior scientist in the Department of Mental Health at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Years ago, I was the only physician serving a small country town and its ...

As sick as it might sound, mental health issues among young people are at an all-time high. Due to the rise of Gen Zers with “common mental disorders” (CMD), such as anxiety and depression — spurred ...

Comorbidity is when a person has more than one health condition at once. Researchers investigating the comorbidity of personality disorders have found people with certain disorders may have other ...

Between 2019 and 2023, more than 540,000 active-duty service members were diagnosed with at least one mental health disorder. Photo by Army Sgt. Anthony Prater. One of President Donald Trump’s first ...