Researchers from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) report that most genetic influences on mental illness are shared across diagnostic categories, revealing a more interconnected biological ...

Schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder are two conditions that have many differences between them. A class of medicines called antipsychotics can be used to treat both conditions but may cause unwanted ...

Many psychiatric disorders share symptoms and most people who receive a psychiatric diagnosis will be diagnosed with more ...

Each of our cells holds a set of biological instructions (our genes). The creation and growth of cells and the proteins inside of them are activated by our genetics. As we grow during pregnancy, our ...

When the brain's typical wiring patterns shift from the norm, it leads to psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and ...

Machine learning models trained on routine clinical data from electronic health records (EHRs) predicted diagnostic progression to schizophrenia or bipolar disorder in patients undergoing treatment in ...

Pea-sized brains grown in a lab have for the first time revealed the unique way neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, psychiatric ailments that affect millions of people ...

An UdeM research team has found that cognition in people living with both schizophrenia and a personality disorder remains poorly understood.