Mood disorders include depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. These types of psychiatric disorders affect a person’s emotions and may cause severe lows, called depression, and highs, called mania ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating condition that affects more than 246 million people worldwide, yet ...

Researchers have discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published in early 2025 pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes, showing how ...

One of the biggest barriers to diagnoses of brain disorders is that symptoms — particularly those of apathy — can be mistaken ...

Mental health advocates have made great strides in removing the stigma around mental illness and building awareness around the signs and symptoms of major mental health disorders and effective, ...

Depression is characterized by a persistent low mood that can affect quality of life. If symptoms usually only occur in the winter months, it may be seasonal affective disorder (SAD), or major ...