Researchers have also demonstrated that bodily signals such as breathing patterns and gut rhythms can influence emotional ...

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

Dr Vu Son Tung’s Mood Disorder clinic at Hanoi’s Bach Mai hospital recently received a 43-year-old male patient who survived ...

We expect relief after a mental health crisis but many feel shame instead. This “Recovery Paradox” can quietly stall healing long after acute symptoms fade.

Genetic research is rapidly overturning the idea that each psychiatric diagnosis is a separate island. Large DNA studies now ...

Results also indicate how these genetics might affect a person’s biology to increase their risk of different mental ...

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

Of the 752 GPs who took part in our research, 442 said they believed that over-diagnosis is a concern. More said mental health problems were over-diagnosed by a little than over-diagnosed by a lot.

A large study has found increasing rates of common mental health conditions and drug dependency, but stable rates of autism ...

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 ...

Distinct psychiatric disorders have more in common biologically than previously believed, according to the largest and most detailed analysis to date of how genes influence mental illness.

You are assessed for PIP based on how your condition affects your life, rather than there being a set list of illnesses that ...