Stories tagged "schizophrenia"

Psychological sleep disorders fall into many classes such as bipolar disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. Not sleeping well affects the way a person acts during the day and their performance.

The underdevelopment of a specific region in the brain may lead to schizophrenia in individuals. According to research published on Sept. 10 in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Brain, dentate gyrus, which is located in the hippocampus in the

Liz Spikol gives her 2 cents about the mental health care system/criminal justice system as they relate to this particular sad case.

You may think that I am being needlessly pedantic, but this has been an extremely popular film and this scene will influence many people’s perceptions of what it is to have a serious mental illness.

Researchers have uncovered for the first time molecular circuitry associated with schizophrenia that links three previously known, yet unrelated proteins.

An illusion that tricks people into believing a rubber hand belongs to them isn't all in the mind, researchers have found. They have observed a physical response as well, a finding that offers insight into conditions which affect a patient's sense of self

Childhood bedwetting occurred twice as often in adults with schizophrenia than in their unaffected brothers and sisters, according to a new study from researchers at NIMH. Their report appears in the September 2008 issue of the journal Brain.

The idea that social breakdown in a neighbourhood can increase the risk that some residents will develop schizophrenia may not come as too much of a surprise, but the notion that too much social cohesion might also be a risk factor, probably will.

Severe stress during the second month of pregnancy increases the chances of offspring suffering schizophrenia in later life

Pregnant women who endure the psychological stress of being in a war zone are more likely to give birth to a child who develops schizophrenia.