Researchers have discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published in early 2025 pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes, showing how ...

Psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disorder (BD), major depressive disorder (MDD), schizophrenia and anxiety disorders, ...

A new study has provided new insights into the the genetic overlap among some psychiatric disorders, and can help explain why it’s not uncommon for several of these disorders to arise in the same ...

The development of many psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is known to be in great part influenced by genetics. Past research has identified various genes ...

Risks of increased depression or anxiety was lower in Sweden when people were taking semag ...

My intention in writing these posts is to share the experiences that I went through with my son, starting with the first manifestation of his illness and our journey through numerous subsequent ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has been the cornerstone of psychiatric diagnosis in the United States since its first edition in 1952. Initially developed to classify ...

SAUGUS — Youth Mental Health First Aid trainers Katy Dos Santos and Krystal Mellonakos held a training session Thursday at ...