A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder ...

A common mental health issue could take years off your life, new research has revealed. People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were found to live shorter lives than those who were ...

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 ...

A recent study of a million people with 14 psychiatric disorders showed these disorders fell into five genetic clusters.

Researchers have discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published in ...

The current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual is known as the DSM-5. What will the next version be called?

New research suggests that a structured exercise program improves mental health by altering how individuals process stress ...

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 ...

The incidence of common mental disorders starts to increase months before patients are diagnosed with almost any type of cancer except nonmelanoma skin cancer, and higher rates of mental health ...

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