A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder ...

A large Australian study showed atypical depression has distinct genetic, clinical, and treatment-response features. Read ...

Major depressive disorder is a common mental illness, impacting 19 million American teens and adults. It is a psychiatric disorder that causes feelings of sadness, emptiness or hopelessness and a loss ...

Genes play a role in our likelihood of developing depression, and one of the most extensive studies of its kind has now been able to link 293 previously unknown genetic variations to the devastating ...

A new genetic and clinical analysis suggests that atypical depression represents a distinct biological subtype of the ...

Jan. 14 -- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Two seemingly unrelated problems might share a genetic component that may make some people more likely to suffer from both migraine and depression, ...

Researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have, for the first time, identified the specific genetic ...

New genetic risk factors for depression have been identified across all major global populations for the first time, allowing scientists to predict risk of depression regardless of ethnicity. The ...

Major depression has been linked to changes in DNA, a finding that seems to boost the biological model of depression. Research conducted by investigators at Oxford University in the United Kingdom ...

Up to 90% of people who menstruate experience pain during their periods. For some, that pain is severe and linked with symptoms of depression, which are often thought to be a result of the intense ...

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic ...