Blood tests for panic disorder and other mental health conditions are potentially around the corner, based on results from a University of Iowa study.

The findings, which were…

Eleanor Longden, 25, started hearing voices when she was a teenager. But, contrary to the usual perception of inner voices, Longden says hers weren’t destructive: “It was rather…

Antidepressant treatment appears to help stroke survivors with the kind of complex mental abilities often referred to as “thinking outside the box,” according to a University of Iowa study.

The…

Appearance and physical disability are risk factors for depression in people afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis, researchers report. With systemic lupus erythematosus, commonly known as just lupus, only appearance seems to…

CIHR-funded study explored the relationship between use of antidepressants and level of alcohol consumption, examining whether using antidepressants affected the link between depression and level of alcohol…

Men and women with mental disorders, including substance abuse or addiction, report higher levels of conflict between work and their family lives, Canadian researchers report.

The study could not determine…

Lung disease is associated with an increased risk of mental health problems, according to findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

Dr. Renee D. Goodwin, of Columbia University, New…

A report of the American Psychological Association (APA) released today found evidence that the proliferation of sexualized images of girls and young…

People who are at risk for personality disorders also appear to be at risk for cardiovascular disease, regardless of their socioeconomic status or lifestyle factors, a study in the Journal of…

Johns Hopkins brain scientists have hit on how and why some powerful drugs used for treating mental illnesses cause patients to gain so much weight that they often develop…

German researchers have found additional evidence that the stress hormone cortisol can have positive effects in certain situations. Although chronic stress, which brings long-term elevations of cortisol in the bloodstream,…

Passing an electric current through the brain to induce a seizure is not everyone’s idea of a therapeutic procedure. So it’s no surprise that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been controversial. Fears…

It’s one of those weight loss, exercise and health improvement truisms - it all comes down to willpower.

But counting on willpower alone to make a change is inviting failure. A Special…

Results of a new study may help improve the diagnosis and treatment of two debilitating childhood mental disorders - pediatric bipolar disorder (BD) and a syndrome called severe mood dysregulation (SMD).…

Black Caribbean immigrants now make up more than one-quarter of the Black population in New York City, Boston, Miami and other U.S. cities. But until now, little has been known about this growing…

Patients with symptoms of depression who have coronary artery disease showed improvement of their symptoms with use of the drug citalopram, but adding interpersonal psychotherapy did…

University of Adelaide researchers have made a breakthrough in the treatment of heroin addiction which could improve treatment success rates for millions of heroin users around the world.

Researchers in the Discipline…

Findings published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggest that smoking may be independently associated with suicidal behavior in subjects with bipolar disorder.

“The rate of smoking in people with…

There is insufficient evidence to determine if current gene-based tests intended to personalize the dose of medications in a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors…

Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, is one of the most devastating conditions of older age. Currently affecting nearly 7 million individuals in the U.S. and 24 million worldwide, dementia leads to total loss…

A new study reveals the full extent of psychological problems among people who have spent years recovering from serious burns. About half of those surveyed showed signs of clinical…

Chronic headaches, particularly migraines and those that are disabling, in conjunction with severe somatic symptoms -physical symptoms of a psychological origin rather than a physical source - greatly increase the…

Women with chronic headache, especially migraines, are more likely to be depressed, feel tired, and have a host of other severe physical symptoms, according to a study published in…

New research on the brain is showing that addiction is a matter of memories, and recovery is a slow process in which the influence of those memories is diminished, reports the…

  * Alcohol consumption and depression have a complicated relationship.
  * New findings indicate that depression is primarily related to binge drinking.
  * The relationship between major…