Valerie Taylor's research explores links between gut bacteria and bipolar disorder, testing faecal microbiota transplants as potential treatments for mental illness.

Lewis was first diagnosed with dyslexia when she was 5. She claims the education system “completely pushed me aside” and school was difficult due to relentless taunting and bullying and personal ...

Massive Swedish study of over two million people reveals that genetic risk for mental illness often points toward ...

Scientists have found a new way to study serious mental health conditions by growing very small human brains in the lab. These tiny brains are about the size of a pea, but they may help doctors better ...

A sweeping new peer-reviewed study published in Genomic Psychiatry has introduced a concept that could reshape how psychiatrists and geneticists think about mental illness: genetic specificity.

Auditory and visual hallucinations are hallmark symptoms of psychosis, but in the prodromal stage, a patient might describe hearing whispers or footsteps or notice brief distortions when looking at ...

Some mental health conditions, such as anxiety, depression and ADHD, have become more accepted in society. People can now talk about them at work, at home and online and often be met with ...

Formerly known as "manic depression," bipolar disorder affects millions of people around the world. The illness is characterized by extreme mood swings that can cause a cycle of mania and depression ...

Medication adherence is pivotal in bipolar disorder, yet no tools assess the full range of psychological and contextual determinants that translate intention into behavior. This study developed and ...

Recent analysis of human brain tissue suggests that a small and often overlooked region deep within the brain may play a central role in bipolar disorder. Researchers found that neurons in the ...

Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it. Credit...Illustration by Moonassi Supported by By Maggie Jones Maggie Jones ...

Rates of bipolar disorder diagnoses have been rising for decades, causing concern among experts that the condition is overdiagnosed. Because bipolar disorder overlaps with other illnesses, ...