One of the symptoms of schizophrenia is difficulty incorporating new information about the world. This can lead patients to struggle with making decisions and, eventually, to lose touch with reality.

Researchers discover that a mutation in the grin2a gene impairs a thalamocortical brain circuit, preventing the brain from ...

Scientists have long known that dopamine helps the brain learn from rewards, but a new computational model shows how for ...

UCSF researcher Daniel Mathalon, MD, PhD, believes that burgeoning knowledge about biomarkers — biological measures of a ...

How can the onset of psychotic symptoms characteristic of schizophrenia be explained? Despite their major and often ...

Schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia have several symptoms in common, like hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking or behavior. But although these conditions may resemble each other ...

Early dysfunction in the brain’s waste-clearance system may increase vulnerability to psychosis by promoting inflammation, ...

That’s where the concept of psychiatric rehabilitation, or PSR, turns traditional mental health treatment on its head. While PSR does not minimize the significance of psychiatri ...

When most people think about schizophrenia, they think about hallucinations or delusions—voices that aren’t there or beliefs that don’t align with reality. These symptoms are often grouped under the ...

US-based biopharmaceutical company Spinogenix has concluded the enrolment of patients in its Phase II clinical trial of tazbentetol (previously known as SPG302), a synaptic regenerative treatment for ...

Researchers link glymphatic system (brain waste-clearance) dysfunction in childhood to the future development of psychosis and chemical imbalances.

Imagine your dream is to get a job at the local library. You have a love for people and for books. You also have schizophrenia, a psychiatric disability that makes life in the community more ...