He helped lead what became known as the Midtown Manhattan Study, which showed that mental impairment is highly correlated ...

Scientists now show that the same DNA can affect both mental and physical conditions. This study suggests that the body works ...

For centuries, mental illness and physical disease have been viewed as two distinct categories, each with its own field of study, its own doctors, and its own menu of treatments.

Psychiatric disorders can share common genetic influences, which means parts of DNA can be at the root of more than one mental condition, new research has found. The study, led by researchers at Texas ...

For centuries, mental illness and physical disease have been viewed as two distinct categories, each with its own field of ...

Diet can match antidepressants for depression remission — yet most psychiatrists never discuss it. That needs to change.

Mental health in the first year after a cancer diagnosis can have a significant impact on mortality.A retrospective ...

In A Nutshell A large genetic study found significant overlap between certain psychiatric conditions and 73 physical diseases ...

A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By analyzing genetic data from more than six million people, researchers uncovered ...

What few people, regardless of their politics, ever think to ask is: What is a “mental disorder”? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), “the bible” of the American ...

Why are eating disorders often misunderstood? Many struggle, few are diagnosed: The reality of eating disorders ...