Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

Genetics is rarely as straightforward as a single gene driving a lone health outcome. But a new study has uncovered what could be a rare exception. Changes to just one gene, called GRIN2A, have now been tied to psychiatric symptoms,

Researchers identify GRIN2A as a rare single-gene cause of early psychiatric disorders, with symptoms often beginning in childhood.

There's a months-long wait list to see a team of specialized professionals who help people with severe, complex and ongoing mental illness in the region.

A search is underway in Texas for a missing woman who was last seen visiting friends. Sydney Marquez, 24, was last seen on Dec. 11 on the 9100 block of Bellaire Boulevard in Houston, Texas, according to a bulletin from the Houston Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit, shared by the nonprofit Texas Center for the Missing.