Nearly one in four American adults lives with a mental health condition. That’s more than 60 million people — veterans, ...

New research published in JAMA Psychiatry estimates that globally, only 6.9% of people with mental health or substance-use disorders receive effective treatment for their disorders. Researchers from ...

Mental disorders are among the leading causes of disability worldwide, with severe consequences for individuals, their families, and society at large. Detecting mental disorders typically requires ...

A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric patients, finding that many conditions involve similar genes and may not need ...

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 quantitative alcohol history should be recorded for all patients, because alcohol use contributes to many physical and mental disorders. A person-centered, nonjudgmental approach should be adopted.

For centuries, indigenous cultures across Mexico and Central America have used Psilocybe mushrooms in their healing ceremonies. Today, those same fungi are being explored as a treatment for ...

Comorbid ASD in youth with ADHD is linked to greater healthcare utilization and distinct medication treatment patterns.

Long before the term ‘sports psychiatry’ was first introduced nearly 40 years ago,1 2 clinicians and academics recognised the critical role of mental and brain health in sports. For example, Jokl and ...

Substance use disorder is defined in the DSM-5-TR. It includes alcohol, stimulants, opioids, sedatives, cannabis, and tobacco, among others. Substance use disorder is a treatable, chronic condition in ...