Month: January 2016

To FAA, transgender pilots no longer have a mental disorder …

Today it was revealed that the FAA will no longer consider gender identity dysphoria in the category of a mental illness, which required pilots to undergo a time-consuming and expensive process to convince federal officials a …

Scientists use big data to discover a genetic cause for schizophrenia …

It's not a smoking gun. But in this week's Nature, there's a study that strongly links schizophrenia with a double-agent …

UCLA researchers develop therapy to treat PTSD, depression | Daily …

But now, Ramirez said he's hopeful because his symptoms have become less severe or have disappeared altogether after participating in a new study for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and major depressive …

Unrecognized Bipolar Disorder: 10% Of People With Anxiety …

Approximately 10 percent of people who are treated for depression or anxiety also suffer from unrecognized bipolar disorder.

Scientists better understand the roots of schizophrenia – Engadget

Scientists already know that schizophrenia has genetic roots, but the condition has still been something of a mystery. How, exactly, does it get started? Researchers at Harvard and MIT now have a better idea. Thanks to both …