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If you suffer from a mood disorder and hay fever, don’t be surprised if your mood worsens when pollen season rolls around.

Preliminary research shows that people with depression or bipolar…

Inner structure of nerve synapses defective in patients / Human geneticists from Heidelberg publish in “Nature Genetics”

Researchers working with Professor Gudrun Rappold, Director of the Department…

Psychiatry has lost its soul.

That’s how grimly Dr. Daniel Carlat, a psychiatrist in private practice outside of Boston, characterizes the state of his profession.

“Over the last 20 to…

Military service members with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to develop diabetes than their counterparts without PTSD symptoms, results of a new study hint.

While…

Researchers, led by Kerri Boutelle, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that obesity is a…

Because people with depression often do not recognize they have a problem or are unable to describe their distress, many do not seek treatment. About a quarter of…

Teen drivers are four times more likely to be involved in motor vehicle crashes than older drivers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but anxiety…

A new report finds that older people have lower rates of mental illnesses related to mood and anxiety than younger people, but the conditions remain common, especially in…

It is time to reassess mental disorders, recognizing that these are disorders of brain circuits likely caused by development processes, according to a commentary in the May…

Severe depression within the first year of a traumatic brain injury is common but treatment is not, Washington state researchers report.

The incidence of major depression among 559 people with…

New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system…

Children exposed to pesticides known as organophosphates could have a higher risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a new study.

Researchers tracked the pesticides’ breakdown products in kids’ urine…

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The aim of this prospective study was to examine the prevalence, recognition, and treatment of depression and anxiety in ambulatory patients with heart failure.

Prenatal exposure to phthalates has been linked to problem behavior in children. A collaborative study by Mount Sinai, Cornell University and U.S. Center for Disease Control…

All kids go through difficult stages and could sometimes be described as “oppositional.” There is an enormous difference between the normal defiance seen in two year olds (they don’t call it the ‘terrible twos’…

A new study yields important new evidence that the use of atypical antipsychotics among the elderly for off-label…

There has been a lot of discussion about the over-diagnosis of bipolar disorder in kids, but what about in adults? In the wake of increased bipolar awareness and vigilance, are doctors…

By analyzing the genomes of patients with schizophrenia, genetics researchers have discovered numerous copy number variations—deletions or duplications of DNA sequences—that increase the risk of developing schizophrenia. Significantly,…

Pathological gambling, compulsive shopping, binge eating and other impulse control disorders appear to be more common among individuals taking dopamine agonist medications for Parkinson’s disease, according to a report in…

Every day, countless children are born into a world of addiction and ultimate despair. The odds of a child’s success when born into an unhealthy environment of…

May is National Mental Health Month and, if you have kids, that makes this month a great time to pay attention to their mental and emotional well-being.

In…

Rates of mood and anxiety disorders appear to decline with age but the conditions remain common in older adults, especially women, according to a report in the May issue…

A new report finds that older people have lower rates of mental illnesses related to mood and anxiety than younger people, but the conditions remain common, especially in…

Primary care and mental health clinicians who see patients with mood or anxiety disorders should be prepared to assess them for substance use disorders, suggest the results of…

Drug abuse, an unkempt appearance, delusions and even abrupt changes in behavior can all be symptoms of mental illness.

Recognizing the warning signs and intervening early are critical to avoiding self-destructive behaviors,…