Key points Finding the explanation to psychological disorders may seem to be an insurmountable task. Using case studies, new research on mental health and psychological disorders suggests that fear of ...

A massive genetic analysis of more than 6 million people is revealing new clues about why mental health disorders frequently overlap.

Genetic risk in mental illness is not equal, with some disorders highly distinct and others sharing broad inherited vulnerability.

Depression or ADHD? Neatly delineated diagnoses fail to do justice to the infinitely complex reality that they refer to, ...

Mental disorders may be socially transmitted among adolescents in a peer group, a Finnish nationwide cohort study suggested. An analysis of more than 700,000 students showed that those who had ...

Today more than ever before, society values appearance. From obsessing over the way one's hair falls, to disguising pimples in the morning, to spending hours in the gym, every element matters in the ...

A new study of more than 700,000 people living in Finland found that mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and eating disorders could potentially be transmitted socially within adolescent peer ...

If your mental health has been declining, your sleep-wake cycle may be to blame, according to a new review of literature. Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, specializing in mental ...

Auburn Eating Disorders Clinic (AEDC), the newest clinic at the Psychological Services Center, is expanding access to mental health care by providing empirically based, low-cost treatment for a ...

What are the things you can and cannot control? And how much do these matter to your overall sense of well-being? A new theory of psychological disorders proposes that it is not just what you can ...