Mental health conditions are more common among autistic individuals than in the general population, but knowledge about how ...

Psychiatry’s leading guide to diagnosing mental health conditions is due for a major update — and a University of Pennsylvania psychiatrist is heading the effort. Called the Diagnostic and Statistical ...

Mental disorders like depression and anxiety are characterized by a variety of different symptoms, and individuals receiving the same diagnosis may experience different combinations of those symptoms.

Psychiatric disorders can share common genetic influences, which means parts of DNA can be at the root of more than one mental condition, new research has found. The study, led by researchers at Texas ...

A cancer diagnosis can turn life upside down, but new research suggests that its consequences reach far beyond physical ...

Adolescents exposed to peers with internalizing or externalizing disorders face an elevated risk for subsequent mental health diagnoses.

Mental disorders among young adults have surged, with new research showing the proportion of young Australians meeting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening in Geneva, Switzerland this week for the 79th World Health Assembly, where mental ...

Patients rave about how the keto diet has helped ease mental health symptoms. The data are limited, but encouraging.

Claire Danes acts in a scene as Showtime brings the production of "Homeland" to the newsroom floor of the Charlotte Observer, May 28, 2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Robert Lahser/Charlotte ...