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A massive global genetics study is reshaping how we understand mental illness—and why diagnoses so often pile up. By ...

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A recent study finds that certain psychiatric disorders have considerable genetic overlap. But these genes aren’t the whole story; you have a say in what they do.

Recognition of signs suggesting adolescents are struggling with mental health issues can increase the chances kids get the help they need.

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A new study of more than 700,000 people living in Finland found that mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and eating disorders could potentially be transmitted socially within adolescent peer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I am continuing my ongoing series about the ...