Have you ever wondered how many people worldwide suffer from a mental disorder? A new study provided the answer.
Global mental health has eroded. A study published this Thursday in the journal The Lancet estimates that about 1.2 billion people — 14% of the planet — suffer from mental health problems. That is, in ...
We’re seeing continued advances in making psychiatric diagnoses—and, therefore, improved treatment. A major step in this direction occurred in 2009 when the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) ...
A new book titled "SocialsVoice" shines a light on the relationship between social media content and mental health from the ...
The study, published last week in The Lancet Psychiatry, analyzed answers that participants provided between 2001 and 2022 in response to a World Health Organization survey designed to assess the ...
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 ...
Mental disorders like depression and anxiety are characterized by a variety of different symptoms, and individuals receiving the same diagnosis may experience different combinations of those symptoms.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31(UPI) --Research that links mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety to physical maladies, including cancer, diabetes and heart disease, has raised an important question ...