Bipolar disorder appears to be more common in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in the general population. MS is an autoimmune condition that affects the brain and spinal cord, damaging nerves ...

A new study suggests that a common genetic signature may increase a person’s risk of developing substance use disorders, regardless of whether the addiction is to alcohol, tobacco, cannabis or opioids ...

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, ...

Our understanding of mental illness is undergoing a major evolution, driven by recent advances in genetics. Rather than ...

An international collective of researchers is delivering new insights into why having multiple psychiatric disorders is the norm rather than the exception. In a study published today in the journal ...

Distinct psychiatric disorders have more in common biologically than previously believed, according to the largest and most detailed analysis to date of how genes influence mental illness. The study, ...

Researchers identified patterns of brain wiring that seem to be linked to a person's risk of having multiple psychiatric disorders. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Psychiatric disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder, have been individually associated with an increased risk of dementia. But the existing body of research hasn't assessed the ...

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disease with multiple debilitating symptoms. One of them is sleep disorders; however, owing to limited research, little is known about why only ...