Comorbidity is when a person has more than one health condition at once. Researchers investigating the comorbidity of personality disorders have found people with certain disorders may have other ...

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

Motor issues—such as coordination problems, motor slowing or sudden, uncontrolled movements—have been recognized as signs of ...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors that feel real. The brain processes ...

Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments. In the largest study of ...

How a person will be diagnosed with mental illness could look significantly different in the near future. The American Psychiatric Association announced Wednesday that it is radically ...

Attention -deficit disorder (ADD) has an extremely misleading name. Actually, it’s beyond misleading. It’s flat out wrong.

NEW YORK CITY — Psychiatric comorbidities are highly prevalent in patients with eating disorders (EDs), a large study showed. In a propensity-matched cohort of young adults with and without EDs, a ...

My neighbour glared at me when, recently, I suggested that she might like to join me in a litter pick being organised to help clear up our local park. “I have depression,” she said icily, fixing me ...

Credit: Getty Images Some rare psychological disorders may occur so infrequently that most mental health professionals might never encounter them. Approximately 1 of every 5 adults in the United ...

Crazy in love just took on a whole new meaning. A sweeping study found that people with psychiatric disorders are more likely to say “I do” to someone with similar mental health struggles, rather than ...