Genetics

A new study suggests that epigenetic changes that have been associated with trauma may actually be due to environmental toxins.

Structural competency in psychiatry emphasizes the social factors shaping patient presentations and encourages physician advocacy.

Study finds the incidence of “psychosis” to vary by person and place, corresponding to factors such as race, ethnicity, age, and environment.

The daughters of children evacuated from Finland during World War II show an increased number of psychiatric hospitalizations.

Derek Summerfield, consultant psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust, challenges the assumption that Western depression is a universal condition.

What does "normal" brain development throughout childhood look like? It may depend on your demographics.

The time has come to halt the massive failure that has characterized schizophrenia molecular genetic research, and to thoroughly reassess what critics have always said are the severely flawed family, twin, and adoption studies that inspired and helped justify this research.

In a philosophically rigorous article, Spanish researcher Marino Pérez-Álvarez examines the logic of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Meta-analyses fail to replicate findings linking abnormal brain activity to depression.

A new article examines the usefulness of the ADHD diagnosis and suggests alternatives

A review of academic textbooks finds that they often leave out effect sizes and molecular genetics findings, both of which suggest minimal impact of genetics on ADHD. Instead, textbooks focus on overblown conclusions from behavioral studies.

Amid calls for a retraction, Lancet Psychiatry publishes articles criticizing the original finding and a response from the authors.

What meaning do psychological constructs really hold, and how are they operationalized and statistically modeled within psychology research?

A new study analyzing over 21,000 participants found that differences in activation of brain regions in different psychological “disorders” may have been overestimated, and confirms that there is still no brain scan capable of diagnosing a mental health concern.

Neuroscientific results that class humans into two categories, “male” and “female,” tend to reify gender stereotypes by giving them the appearance of objective scientific truth.