In the largest-ever study of its kind, researchers combined genomic data from nearly 900,000 patients and healthy individuals to identify commonalities among 10 mental illnesses.

MRI data suggest prenatal exposure to the medication increases the volume of brain regions vital to processing emotions.

Chronic stress tweaks a circuit in the brain that influences how lab rodents make tough decisions. 

Transcriptional profiling of post-mortem human brains reveals commonalities in the genes over- and under-expressed in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and major depression. 

Researchers are piecing together the links between the gut microbiome and mental health.

Scientists are beginning to unravel the mechanisms behind the therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs.

Using interfering high-frequency currents applied to the surface of the mouse skull, scientists can noninvasively target brain regions buried below the cortical surface. 

The Stanford University psychiatrist and neuroscientist known for his contributions to optogenetics and tissue clearing is awarded €4 million by the Fresenius Research Prize.

In a pair of clinical studies of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, participants reported positive changes to their moods and outlooks.