When a child develops kidney failure or a rare bone disorder, the cause can seem painfully immediate. It may be a single ...
As psychiatry concedes long-standing criticisms of diagnosis, a deeper question emerges: What now justifies its authority ...
Ancient viral DNA embedded in the human genome may boost people's susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. A study published in May in the ...
INDIANAPOLIS — An international team of researchers led by the Indiana University School of Medicine has recently linked a previously uncharacterized gene to a human disorder for the first time. This ...
The mechanisms underlying intellectual disabilities or autism remain largely unknown. Researchers in the labs of Prof. Pierre Vanderhaeghen and Prof. Vincent Bonin at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for ...
Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide are living with a mental disorder, nearly double the number recorded in 1990.
Pea-sized brains grown in a lab have for the first time revealed the unique way neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, psychiatric ailments that affect millions of people ...
The exact cause of personality disorders is unclear. However, genetics, neurological differences, and environmental factors may contribute to the development of these complex mental health conditions.