Our understanding of mental illness is undergoing a major evolution, driven by recent advances in genetics. Rather than ...

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

Could one genetic mutation be sufficient to bring on complex psychopathology? For decades, dominant models of mental ...

Nick Reiner was reportedly being treated for schizophrenia before the murder of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer ...

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.

Psychiatric disorders increase risk of suicide and suicide attempts. Recent research provides evidence that medical illnesses increase such risks as well.

The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic ...

Jumping to conclusions that someone's difficult behavior indicates a "personality disorder" is often nothing more than an insult disguised as a clinical observation.

A 6-month fully remote weight-loss program tailored to veterans with serious mental illness yielded numerically greater ...

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 ...

The penny-pinching Manhattan Psychiatric Center administrator who green-lighted the release of the deranged Macy’s stabber has a long history of mental illness herself – and made her decision on ...

For some, the holidays, a time most see as a time of joy, can be a difficult season, and mental health experts are pointing ...