A new statistical review reveals that people diagnosed with psychiatric conditions tend to have a physically smaller pineal ...

Genome-wide association studies identify genetic overlap among disorders, providing evidence that their distinctions may be misleading One major difference between psychiatric disorders and purely ...

The 3 billion base pairs that constitute the human genome—the matching jigsaw puzzle pieces of adenine pairing with thymine and cytosine pairing with guanine—are not just the body's instruction manual ...

Among adults with mood and psychotic disorders, sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor use are associated with a lower risk for dementia.

Kenneth Kendler, one of the most influential and prolific psychiatric researchers and historians of our time, recently published two articles examining the role of the brain in psychiatric disorders: ...

Although some mental disorders are also mental diseases, many are not. To see what I mean, we can start with a good example of a mental disorder that is also a mental disease. A disease is best ...

The ongoing legalization of cannabis in the United States has elicited cheers, boos and a host of questions. How much is safe ...

Only 1.17 mental health workers per 100,000 Just 350 public-sector psychiatrists nationwide 16.8% adults suffer mental health ...