Babies born to women with sensitivity to gluten appear to be at increased risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders later in life, according to new findings from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Johns Hopkins University, United States.

The problems of living with bipolar have been well documented, but a new study by Lancaster University has captured the views of those who also report highly-valued, positive experiences of living with the condition.

A space for men to tinker with tools is helping to stem the incidence of male suicide says Mort Shearer, the former head of the Australian Men's Shed Association, who gave a seminar at Southern Cross University’s Coffs Harbour campus in April.

Imagining a rosy future is key to present-day happiness, new research conducted in Australia and China has found.

Women who smoke in pregnancy may be more likely to have a child with high-functioning autism, such as Asperger’s Disorder, according to preliminary findings from a study by researchers involved in the U.S. autism surveillance program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that children who experience severe trauma are three times as likely to develop schizophrenia in later life.

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida and University of Kentucky have found that breast cancer survivors who have had chemotherapy, radiation or both do not perform as well on some cognitive tests as women who have not had cancer.

The health care sector should invest in more training and education in emotional intelligence or run the risk of becoming an industry unable to empathise or communicate effectively with patients, according to a senior lecturer at Southern Cross University.

Applying mild electrical currents to the brain has been shown to be an effective treatment for depression. But could the treatment also benefit people with bipolar disorder?

Parents take heart – the alarmingly abstract masterpieces produced by your children could be teaching them how to reason like an adult.