Early onset IBD activity correlates with higher psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication use. Active IBD patients have increased odds of developing major depressive disorder, anxiety, and ...

Researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the prevalence and association between hidradenitis suppurativa and psychiatric diseases. The analysis included a total of 83 ...

A new citywide study reveals that New York City adults with multiple chronic diseases are significantly more likely to report mental health treatment utilization, though the strength of this ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. For many patients, the emotional toll of cancer can become a hidden risk factor, one that may influence survival as much as the disease itself. Study: Association of mental ...

Patients with alopecia areata have a significantly increased risk of developing psychiatric and autoimmune diseases both before and after diagnosis, highlighting the importance of comprehensive care ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (MPI), Helmholtz Munich, and the University of Sydney have identified biological mechanisms shared across different mental illnesses. They ...

Is there such a thing as a mental disorder that is not akin to a biological disease? Biological psychiatry says absolutely not. For them, all mental disorders are biological disorders involving some ...

It is frequently asserted by those associated with anti-psychiatry that "mental illness" is nothing more than a metaphor, a figure of speech, used to describe socially deviant persons. Since there ...