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

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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 ...

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 ...

In the December issue of Rolling Stone, actress and musician Selena Gomez opened up about her experiences having bipolar disorder. She showed how, with the help of supportive mental health ...

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It is well-proven that cannabis use is associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia and heavy use of high-THC marijuana is associated with four times the normal rate of schizophrenia (see my ...

Leila Nabulsi, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the Keck School of Medicine of USC's Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) has ...

Precise changes in the connectivity between neurons caused by an imbalance of gut bacteria may help explain depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder, a new animal study suggests. Researchers from ...