23 January 2020
Experiencing trauma seems to alter the way genes for depression are expressed. The vulnerable genes may also help us identify people who might benefit from cognitive behavioural therapies
7 January 2019
A plan for the future of the National Health Service in England aims to improve mental health services and provide genome sequencing for all children with cancer
25 June 2018
The genomes of half a million people reveal that there are two kinds of worrier, providing new clues about how genes help form our personalities
21 June 2018
Several conditions including anxiety, depression and anorexia all share a common set of genes, which could lead to better diagnoses
29 May 2018
A poorly-working placenta may affect brain development in the womb, and this could explain the link between pregnancy complications and schizophrenia
20 April 2018
People who migrate are at heightened risk of anxiety disorders, and these mental health problems may linger and get more severe through subsequent generations
8 February 2018
Geneticists are starting to unpick what causes psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and even some autism-like developmental conditions
17 October 2017
OCD has been linked to genes active in a brain circuit involved in learning and decisions. The finding may help explain why the condition can run in families
