Breslau found that interpersonal traumas, not just combat or natural disasters, can cause post-traumatic stress disorder.

The University College London researcher is a pioneer in the use of smartphone apps for psychology research.

The 51-year-old University of Cape Town researcher had been suffering from depression, and his death has prompted reflection on being a black academic in South Africa.

Researchers found several hundred genes expressed in the human brain are tied to cognition or neuroses.

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.