Researchers are identifying behavioral, environmental and neural factors through which genetic risk for mental health problems is expressed in youth. When trying to understand how genetic influences ...

When trying to understand how genetic influences factor into youth behavior, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have taken the "big trawl" approach, casting their net wide to pull in ...

Sir Simon Baron-Cohen has received the 2026 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, a distinction described as carrying Nobel Prize-level prestige. He is recognized for pioneering scientific research into the ...

“Prioritizing Counseling in Genetic Counseling” was a thought-provoking workshop title at the 2025 European Society of Human Genetics Conference, held May 24-27 in Milan, Italy. While it may seem ...

Intimate romantic relationships are intimately linked to mental health. Close relationships correlate significantly with overall psychopathology as well as specific mental disorders. Research has ...

The causes of many sporadic diseases are unexplained; the contribution of recessive loci with reduced penetrance is one possibility that has been difficult to explore. We describe an approach to this ...