“These impairments often persist even during periods of symptom remission and can have a profound impact on daily functioning and quality of life,” says Caroline Fenkel, a doctor of social work, a ...

The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia is a scientific theory that suggests dopamine directly contributes to schizophrenia symptoms. Research on this theory and other causes of schizophrenia is ...

What causes schizophrenia? This severe mental illness, which affects over 20 million people worldwide and is characterised by recurrent hallucinations and delusions, often begins to emerge in the ...

The most common white blood cells in your body - immune cells called neutrophils - can make a protein nobody knew they were ...

Two major genetic studies involving many hundreds of thousands of participants have identified hundreds of genome regions that may harbor genes linked to schizophrenia. One of the studies identified ...

On September 27, 1896, a person calling himself "ALIENIST” wrote to the New York Times alleging that the young Democratic party presidential candidate, William Jennings Bryan was of "unsound mind." In ...

Symptoms of schizophrenia like hallucinations and paranoia can usually be improved with drugs and therapy. But things like anxiety, trouble with focus, and lack of motivation may not be as easy to ...

Schizophrenia commonly co-occurs with other mental health conditions, including depression. However, experts do not know exactly why this happens. People with schizophrenia and depression may have ...

White blood cells called neutrophils act as factories for C4A, linking peripheral immunity to schizophrenia and synaptic ...

Schizophrenia is a psychological illness that includes positive (e.g., delusions and hallucinations) and negative (e.g., apathy and social withdrawal) signs and symptoms, as well as cognitive ...