Mental Illness

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Lead in Gasoline Linked to Mental Illness, and ‘Disease X’ Spreads in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Beyond Neurons: These Brain Cells Could Change How We Treat Mental Illness

For those with CTE, family history of mental illness tied to aggression in middle age

Brain on Fire: The Mysterious Disease That Mimics Mental Illness

Wildfire smoke exposure boost risk of mental illness in youth, study suggests

Scientists aim to decode the genetic roots of mental illness on a large scale - EurekAlert

Investigating the impact of poverty on mental illness in the UK Biobank using Mendelian randomization (2024)

In “mental illness” and “mental health”: how language around psychiatric conditions shifts - EurekAlert

High-fat keto diet may help people with serious mental illness

Mental illness may accelerate ageing by damaging RNA

New Research Links Smoking to Greatly Increased Risk of Mental Illness

Brain imaging identifies biomarkers of mental illness

A meta-analysis finds that in victims of childhood trauma and adversity, "subjective" experience (perceptions, memories) is more predictive of mental illness than "objective" measures like child protection and crime records or reports from multiple informants.

Hidden Signals Can Reveal Mental Illness More Clearly Than a Brain Scan

Changing the Narrative: Mental Illness and Gun Violence

Vitamin D Supplements Probably Won't Prevent Mental Illness After All

High Risk of Negative Health Consequences: Smokers With Mental Illness Consume the Most Caffeine

study shows that parents raising children with serious mental illness and violent tendencies experience and express grief similar to those of children who have died, which informs how practitioners can help these caregivers cope with the stress

Effects of exercise on cognitive functioning in adults with serious mental illness: a meta analytic review finds that exercise shows large effects on reasoning and problem solving; small effects on executive functioning.

New research reveals risk factors for childhood abuse, both at the relationship and caretaker level. These include, among others: parenting stress, low empathy, low self-esteem, impulsiveness, loneliness, mental illness, limited knowledge of child development, and low family cohesion.