A massive genetic analysis of more than 6 million people is revealing new clues about why mental health disorders frequently overlap.

Psychiatric disorders can share common genetic influences, which means parts of DNA can be at the root of more than one mental condition, new research has found. The study, led by researchers at Texas ...

Genetic risk in mental illness is not equal, with some disorders highly distinct and others sharing broad inherited vulnerability.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Involving five million participants, the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study into depression revealed nearly 300 ...

A major depressive episode can evolve from seemingly minor "blues" with surprising speed, eventually disrupting your career, ...

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Personal genetics company 23andMe will be teaming up with the Milken Institute, a think tank, and pharmaceutical company Lundbeck to drive enrollment for a genetic study designed to grasp the ...

Recent research has identified a substantial genetic overlap between the risk of developing major depressive disorder and the biological regulation of testosterone levels. The analysis suggests that ...