Your genetics (traits passed from parents to children) and family history can increase your risk of developing depression. The condition is about 40% heritable (meaning there's a 40% chance of ...

Important genetic differences in how females and males experience depression have been revealed for the first time in findings that could pave the way for more targeted intervention and treatments.

Genes play a role in our likelihood of developing depression, and one of the most extensive studies of its kind has now been able to link 293 previously unknown genetic variations to the devastating ...

ENNA, Italy, 24 June 2025 – In a comprehensive Genomic Press Thought Leaders Invited Review, researchers have synthesized findings from dozens of studies examining how genetic markers for mood ...

RICHMOND, Virginia, UNITED STATES, 3 March 2026 -- A sweeping new peer-reviewed study published in Genomic Psychiatry has introduced a concept that could reshape how psychiatrists and geneticists ...

Psychiatric disorders often overlap and can make diagnosis difficult. Depression and anxiety, for example, can coexist and share symptoms. Schizophrenia and anorexia nervosa. Autism and attention ...

While most people can relate to feeling uncomfortable when someone scrapes their nails down a chalkboard, those suffering from misophonia can have an equally intense reaction to sounds like slurping, ...