A new study found that mental health disorders now affect more than a billion people worldwide. Anxiety and depression are ...

Mental disorders are now the world's leading cause of disability. New study points to rising anxiety and depression, sharp ...

Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide are living with a mental disorder, nearly double the number recorded in 1990.

University of Iowa professors are using fruit flies to identify what genes cause intellectual disability, a common and often lifelong condition that limits people’s intellectual function and social ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and collaborators at the University of Bristol, KU Leuven, and the NIHR BioResource, have identified a neurodevelopmental disorder, caused ...

There are 3.4 billion individuals living with a neurological condition, making disorders affecting the nervous system the leading cause of illness and disability globally, according to a new study in ...

The world's burden of mental disorders has more than doubled since 1990, and they are now the leading cause of disability ...

Depression is one of the leading causes of disability in the world: according to WHO, more than 280 million people suffer from the disorder. The disease changes not only the mood, but it rebuilds the ...

Falls are a common cause of injury, especially for adults over age 65. But adults with intellectual and/or developmental ...