When it comes to serious mental illness, family caregivers are crucial partners. But often, they must fend for themselves. A ...

Most struggling people aren’t violent. Research suggests that severe mental illness can increase the risk — but also suggests ...

A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By ...

Mental disorders like depression and anxiety are characterized by a variety of different symptoms, and individuals receiving the same diagnosis may experience different combinations of those symptoms.

Unlike some health issues where illness is often openly discussed, mental health is vastly different: Many sufferers keep things to themselves. Whether they feel guilt, embarrassment or shame, silence ...

AI chatbot achieves high accuracy in performing clinical patient diagnostic interviews for common mental health disorders.

For decades, diagnosing a mental illness has depended largely on symptoms and clinical observation rather than lab tests. Yet ...

New research links inflammation to mental health symptoms. Personalized care using brain and immune data could improve ...

Pioneering trial to tackle ‘silent burden’ of mental illness in new mothers axed over US aid cuts - The first-of-its-kind ...

A new program here in Arkansas aims to improve the communication between law enforcement and people who have been diagnosed ...

Claire Brosseau has spent 34 years living with a number of mental illnesses that treatments have been unable to relieve. The ...

More people who have a serious mental illness now have the opportunity to have their charges dropped if they volunteer for a ...