DNA found in a prehistoric grave in Italy reveals a rare genetic disorder and is transforming our understanding of ancient ...

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

Kayleigh and Ryan Dunn’s daughter, Lorelei, has CACNA1E ...

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

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.

"It's a slow-moving train wreck," Mike Graglia says about his 12-year-old son Tony's rare genetic disease with no cure. Caused by a tiny fluke of nature—a mutation in a gene known as a SYNGAP1—the non ...

Researchers identified biallelic variants in RNU2-2 as the cause of a recessive neurodevelopmental disorder marked by ...

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

Despite widespread misconceptions, eating disorders aren't a choice, they're serious, potentially life-threatening conditions. While social and environmental factors do influence someone's risk of ...

Researchers have uncovered shared genetic pathways that link multiple psychiatric disorders. These new findings have the potential to change the way psychiatric disorders are diagnosed and treated, ...