A new study has provided new insights into the the genetic overlap among some psychiatric disorders, and can help explain why it’s not uncommon for several of these disorders to arise in the same ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A new study from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) shows 14 psychiatric disorders share genetic roots, which can explain why some people have multiple diagnoses. The study, ...

A multinational collaboration co-led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, in collaboration with Rockefeller University, and Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, has uncovered a ...

Discovery will enable tens of thousands of families affected by this previously hidden genetic condition to receive closure through genetic diagnosis.

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

A large meta-analysis of over 20,000 people found that modern genetic testing can identify a clinically meaningful cause of schizoprenia in about 1 in 16 patients (6%), especially in early-onset ...

A 6-year-old girl is one of more than 80 people worldwide who has finally received a diagnosis of a new condition following ...

A rare genetic disorder discovered by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues can cause brain damage from dangerously low blood sugar levels and liver damage in infants, along ...

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have traced a rare premature aging condition in a young Malaysian man to a ...

At 17, he started his long journey through addiction treatment units. Now 22, he has been treated numerous times in the ...