Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that is caused by alterations in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative brain function. The results affect many parts of your life ...

Schizophrenia remains one of the most misunderstood mental health conditions, with experts warning that stigma, delayed ...

What is schizophrenia? Well first and foremost it’s simply a label. It’s a name given to a diverse set of symptoms that includes hearing voices, feeling paranoid, or seeming out of touch with reality.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – Approximately 3.7 million Americans are living with schizophrenia, a complex mental health condition that continues to be widely misunderstood and can be difficult to ...

How the mind searches for words and concepts in memory may have its origins in age-old patterns by which human and nonhuman animals search for food and other resources in their physical environment.

Our understanding of schizophrenia has increased greatly in recent years, as studies of large groups of people have identified a multitude of genetic variants that increase a person's risk of the ...

Behavioral analysis, prescription compliance and more factors of successful treatment. An overview to help understand the role of family history, negative symptoms, behavioral analysis, and ...

'Flying with Paper Wings: Reflections on Living with Madness' is a powerful story about living with mental illness. Today is ...

A study published in Molecular Psychiatry and led by the EHU's Neuropsychopharmacology group, which is also a member of CIBER Mental Health (CIBERSAM) and of the Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, ...

Scientists are figuring out which of the 5,000 variants associated with schizophrenia have an actual causal effect in the development of the condition that affects millions of people worldwide.

American psychiatry didn’t develop its modern focus on diagnoses, brain chemistry, and medication by accident. It grew out of a series of bold ideas and experiments, many of which would be considered ...

In 1950, two researchers noticed something that didn’t quite add up. Hector Chevigny, a writer who had lost his sight in adulthood, and psychologist Sydell Braverman were studying the psychological ...