Individuals with common mental health problems believe a widely used classification system for mental disorders omits emotional and psychological experiences that they regularly have, according to a study in The Lancet Psychiatry. Researchers asked 157 people from India, the United Kingdom...

Crying may aid in the regulation breathing during stressful situations, suggests a study in Emotion. Researchers randomly assigned 197 female undergraduate students in Australia to watch sad or emotionally neutral videos for 17 minutes. About half of the participants...

Anorexia nervosa appears to have both psychiatric and metabolic aspects, suggests a study in Nature Genetics. Analyzing genetic data from 16,992 individuals with anorexia nervosa and 55,525 control individuals from 17 countries, investigators identified eight gene variants associated with anorexia...