Brains of schizophrenia and bipolar patients are older than their age would suggest A new research method shows that the connection between mental illness and poor brain health is stronger than researchers were aware of.
The genes that cause mental disorders may also control weight People with severe depression or bipolar disorder may be at greater genetic risk of obesity, while people with schizophrenia may be protected from becoming overweight, a Norwegian study shows.
Dad’s age links to child’s mental disorders Researchers are surprised to find that children with middle-aged or elderly fathers are 25 times more likely to become bipolar as children who have younger fathers.