Research led by the Karolinska Institutet reports that offspring of parents with mental disorders face increased mortality, ...

Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published this year pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes and shows ...

Offspring of parents with mental disorders have an increased risk for all-cause and unnatural-cause mortality up to 51 years ...

These days, there’s a lot of talk and debate about whether mental disorders ought to be thought of as biological diseases versus “understandable” and even “normal” reactions to life events. One common ...

Anxiety disorders will need to be diagnosed by a medical professional, who can help talk through your symptoms and risk ...

There appears to be a robust genetic link between body weight and major psychiatric disorders, an international research team has concluded. Interestingly, they found that although the genetic risk ...

Melatonin reduces sleep onset latency and improves sleep efficiency and duration in pediatric patients with neurological and psychiatric conditions.

This year's "State of Mental Health in America" report from Mental Health America found that Tennessee has seen a high prevalence of mental illness, but lower rates of access to care.

Oct. 10 is recognized internationally as World Mental Health Day, which aims to recognize global mental health education, ...