A 33-year-old woman hears brutal and frightening voices daily but continues her college studies. A middle-aged man, who served in the Navy and has since struggled with substance abuse, spends 10 weeks ...

Schizophrenia has long been framed as a disorder of broken thoughts and fractured perception, but a new line of research ...

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

Few movies and TV shows accurately depict schizophrenia, and even fewer feature women with the condition—which undoubtedly plays a role in the misconception that schizophrenia only occurs in men. The ...

Using MRI scans from 352 schizophrenia patients, researchers found widespread reductions in structural similarity across several brain regions. These disruptions tracked with symptom severity, ...

A major scientific review reveals a deep knowledge gap in how cognition is affected when schizophrenia and personality disorders occur together.

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People with schizophrenia often take strong antipsychotics that control symptoms but frequently cause rapid weight gain, high blood sugar, and a ...

They are more likely to die from disease. They are more likely to die from violence. They are more likely to die as they age. And they don’t live nearly as long. The life expectancy of people with ...