After significant debate, the fifth edition of The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-5) was published in 2013. Even before it was published it was met with ...

Why rethink now?: Experts say DSM categories oversimplify mental illness, ignoring overlapping symptoms and shared biological mechanisms revealed by new research. Genetics reshape view: Large-scale ...

Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A study published this year pinpointed specific variants among those shared genes and ...

Yes, experts classify eating disorders as mental illnesses. Experts recognise eating disorders in medical and psychiatric manuals such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th ...

On the 25th anniversary of the Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders Version 3 (CCMD-3), we revisit the widely repeated ...

Some psychiatric disorders have many overlapping symptoms, which can make it very challenging to diagnose a specific disease. These disorders can be influenced by genetic factors, which may involve a ...

In a recent cohort study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, researchers from Sweden and Finland conducted a population-based study to investigate the potential association between ...

Researchers recently discovered that eight different psychiatric conditions share a common genetic basis. A new study has now honed in on some of those shared genetic variants to understand their ...