An international collective of researchers is delivering new insights into why having multiple psychiatric disorders is the norm rather than the exception. In a study published today in the journal ...

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

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

An analysis of DNA from millions of individuals has identified shared genetic pathways across psychiatric disorders, findings ...

Scientists say their new insights into how a key brain protein works could help resolve a long-standing question in molecular ...

A global research team co-led by VCU expert Kenneth Kendler has produced the most comprehensive genetic map so far, identifying five families of disorders that show a high degree of overlap. An intern ...

Researchers from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) report that most genetic influences on mental illness are shared across diagnostic categories, revealing a more interconnected biological ...

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

Patients with alopecia areata are at a greater risk for psychiatric disorders than control patients, including depression and anxiety, among others.

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

Severe COVID-19, but not mild, is associated with a significantly higher risk for psychiatric and neurologic disorders a year after infection, a new study shows. Compared with individuals who never ...

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