When I was in college, I befriended a young law student at a social event. At that time, because of the stigma, I was not disclosing my schizophrenia to anyone at the university. During the social ...

Many people live with a secret that feels almost impossible to describe. They hear speech or whispers that nobody else detects. These are not vague impressions. They can feel as solid as a friend ...

Auditory verbal hallucinations – hearing voices that aren’t there – are one of the most common and distressing symptoms of schizophrenia. Around 60–80% of people with the condition experience them at ...

Hearing voices is often deeply misunderstood. As a therapist with a specialty in psychosis, it is common for me to hear ripples of shame and a sense of aloneness among voice-hearers. Yet, research ...

Have you ever wondered why the same mental health condition can feel so different depending on where you live? How do cultural influences on schizophrenia hallucinations affect the way voices are ...

We might automatically associate hearing voices with neurological conditions like schizophrenia. It now turns out most brains can be tricked into hearing voices that aren't there, given the right ...

Voice experiments in people with epilepsy have helped trace the circuit of electrical signals in the brain that allow its hearing center to sort out background sounds from their own voices. Such ...

Trial Co-ordinator and Research Therapist, Swinburne University of Technology Dr Imogen Bell has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council for research mentioned in this ...

A new study confirms the brain region involved in generating the”voices” that occur in schizophrenia. Using transcranial magnetic stimulation, researchers were able to reduce the severity of this ...

Trying to simulate the experience of someone suffering from a mental illness, especially schizophrenia, poses many difficulties. However, the Montgomery County chapter of NAMI, the National Alliance ...

Gucci Mane revealed in his new book, Episodes: The Diary of a Recovering Mad Man, that he has schizophrenia and bipolar disorder In a recent interview, the rapper and his wife, Keyshia Ka'oir, opened ...