Image made with elements from Canva. Bipolar disorder is one of the most common mental illnesses—it affects an estimated 40 million people worldwide, about 2.8% of the population. Bipolar disorder can ...

Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia overlap in some ways. For instance, both can lead to psychosis, a state of mind causing a detachment from reality. Although they have some similarities, they’re very ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bipolar disorder is complicated. It’s also completely misunderstood, and often feared. This leads to stigma, which means that some ...

A large global genetics study suggests conditions such as depression, schizophrenia and ADHD overlap far more than psychiatry once believed, raising questions about how mental illness is diagnosed and ...

A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By analyzing genetic data from more than six million people, researchers uncovered ...

A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric patients.

Genomic analysis across 14 psychiatric disorders reveals extensive shared genetic architecture, challenging diagnostic ...

Vincent van Gogh sliced off his ear with a knife during a psychotic episode. Ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky developed ...

New research links inflammation to mental health symptoms. Personalized care using brain and immune data could improve ...