Mental Health & Society

A new study in Translational Psychiatry sought to elucidate whether reduced telomere length (TL) is associated with childhood trauma in those with schizophrenia (SZ) and bipo

Addiction is a complex phenomenon. Genetic, physiological, cultural, and socioeconomic factors all appear to play a role.

Imagine walking down a city sidewalk in winter. It's dark, wet, cold. You come across a man aged well beyond his years staggering along, grasping a wall so he doesn't fall down.

It's obvious to just about anyone who is paying attention -- and to most biologists, in particular -- that there are some very important differences between men and women that go far beyond the concentrations of their hormones and the shapes of th

In an effort to quell the spread of health misinformation, social media company Pinterest is thwarting the capacity to make vaccine-related searches on its platform.

A "Kinsley gaffe" -- named after political commentator Michael Kinsley who elaborated on the subject -- is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.

By Wolfgang Vogel

By Kim Heyes, Manchester Metropolitan University

Reprinted by permission of McGill University Office for Science and Society. ###

Insomnia is a tricky subject. Those who suffer from the condition -- perhaps 10% of the population -- exhibit a wide variety of characteristics.