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 ...

Researchers in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences are exploring whether a person's genetic risk for depression can help predict how multiple sclerosis (MS) progresses. "A lot of people with MS end up ...

The study examines genetic liability for neurodevelopmental disorders, revealing its impact on social functioning and educational attainment across life stages.

Christchurch researchers are examining the role of genes in two of New Zealand's most common mental illnesses – depression and alcohol addiction. The University of Otago, Christchurch, researchers are ...

It is not uncommon for headlines announcing genetic discoveries to be followed by retractions. New research overturning a supposed gene for depression is playing out in the news right now. An article ...

A new PLOS Genetics study shows that specific immune markers, particularly interleukin-6 rather than C-reactive protein, ...

Depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, affecting around 322 million people, yet it remains a complex and poorly understood condition. About 15 percent of the global ...

A Molecular Psychiatry study found that genetic links between ADHD, autism, depression and social or educational outcomes ...

A child's risk of developing anxiety and depression is influenced by both the genes they inherit and the genetic traits of their parents, revealing how a parent's DNA shapes the environment they ...

Individuals presenting with both depression and irritability may constitute a different group of individuals with respect to those presenting without irritability ...