Genetic risk in mental illness is not equal, with some disorders highly distinct and others sharing broad inherited vulnerability.

Bipolar disorder is a complex psychiatric disorder, characterized by fluctuations between episodes of (hypo)mania and depression. It is estimated to affect around 40 to 50 million people worldwide.

Experts do not know precisely what causes bipolar disorder, but if a person has a sibling or parent with this condition, they are more likely to have it. According to the National Institute of Mental ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 23andMe Holding Co. (ME), a leading human genetics and biopharmaceutical company, today released a new genetic Bipolar Disorder report ...

Massive Swedish study of over two million people reveals that genetic risk for mental illness often points toward multiple disorders, not just the one diagnosed Genetic specificity is not some ...

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share common genetic causes, according to research published on Friday that suggests the two conditions may simply be different ...

For decades, scientists studying brain disorders have focused almost exclusively on proteins and the genes encoding them. Now ...

RICHMOND, VA, UNITED STATES, March 3, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — There is a question that has haunted psychiatry since before it had a name, back when the alienists ...