-
+13 +1
A Link Between Schizophrenia and Vascular Alterations in the Brain
A new study uncovers a link between astrocytes derived from patients with schizophrenia and the formation of narrower blood vessels in the brain. Findings suggest the astrocytes from those with schizophrenia promote less vascularization.
-
+16 +1
What Causes Hallucinations? The Brain May Be OverInterpreting a Lack of Info
Mental illness affects millions of Americans. Many people with bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia suffer hallucinations, the perception of something that is not present. From phantom smells to hearing voices and seeing things that are not there, hallucinations can take many forms and stem from many causes. It’s not just mental illness, either. Strokes, migraines and inner ear diseases can also lead to hallucinations. And obviously, psychedelic drugs do as well.
-
+20 +1
VR is Helping Solve Schizophrenic Auditory Hallucinations
About 65% of patients with schizophrenia experience verbal auditory hallucinations, which are characterized by harsh voices that emanate from body-less “others.” Usually, these “others” fit a common profile – they're domineering, derogatory and unremittingly hostile, making an already-burdensome condition even more painful for those who suffer from it.
-
+6 +1
New schizophrenia research deepens understanding of emotion perception
UQ research has uncovered why individuals with schizophrenia may have certain difficulties perceiving emotions. Scientists from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute discovered differences in brain activation between individuals with schizophrenia and healthy controls when they completed an emotion perception task using video displays of emotional expressions.
-
+10 +1
The Sound of Madness
Can we treat psychosis by listening to the voices in our heads? By T. M. Luhrmann.
-
+13 +1
A Mental Disease by Any Other Name
For Frank Russell, reinterpreting his schizophrenia as shamanism helped his symptoms. By Susie Neilson.
-
+2 +1
Video game calms schizophrenia patients
People with schizophrenia can be trained by playing a video game to control the part of the brain linked to verbal hallucinations, researchers say. Patients in a small study were able to land a rocket in the game when it was connected to the brain region sensitive to speech and human voices. In time, the patients learnt to use the technique in their daily lives to reduce the power of hallucinations.
-
+22 +1
Social phobia linked to autism and schizophrenia
New Swinburne research shows that people who find social situations difficult tend to have similar brain responses to those with schizophrenia or autism. The research, published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, found the areas of the brain that show increased response when exposed to unexpected speech sounds or ‘phonemes’ are associated with the processing of social information and linked with spectrum conditions such as autism or schizophrenia.
-
+25 +1
FDA Approves a Trackable 'Digital Pill' That Delivers Schizophrenia Medication
The FDA has announced its first ever approval of a pill with an embedded sensor that digitally tracks if patients have ingested it, ushering the US into a new era of smart pharmaceuticals – and medical surveillance.
-
+21 +1
Schizophrenic killer on probation gets medical pot prescription: ‘It keeps me mellow’
On probation for a bloody 1999 gang murder, Miguel Valdes takes a host of pills to keep his longtime schizophrenia in check. Now, he can also legally use another medicine — marijuana, a drug that normally would get a convicted killer locked up for violating probation.
-
+41 +1
The concept of schizophrenia is dying
Its passing will not be mourned
-
+17 +1
The Touch of Madness
Culture profoundly shapes our ideas about mental illness, which is something psychologist Nev Jones knows all too well.
-
+1 +1
Edge of the abyss
Michael Schofield thought his young daughter, Janni, was a genius, until he realised her bright mind masked an inner darkness. (Aug. 25, 2012)
-
-1 +1
Schizophrenia Test & Screening!
Schizophrenia Test How Do Doctors Know If Someone Has Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a severe illness that disrupts the normal functioning of ..............
-
+35 +1
What It’s Like to Hear Voices in Your Head Every Day
Rai hears roughly 13 different voices, but she doesn’t let them get in the way of her life. By Louise Donovan.
-
+30 +1
Those at greater risk of having schizophrenia are more likely to try cannabis
Researchers at the University of Bristol have found a causal link between those with the mental condition and users of the drug, with each factor influencing the other
-
+30 +1
Who Gets To Be The "Good Schizophrenic"?
When you're labeled as crazy, the "right" kind of diagnosis could mean the difference between a productive life and a life sentence.
-
+22 +1
Madness Runs in the Family
New findings about schizophrenia rekindle old questions about genes and identity. By Siddhartha Mukherjee.
-
+22 +1
Toward a Pathology of the Possessed
Schizophrenia’s effects are often discussed in metaphors. What is it like to live with those metaphors? By Esmé Weijun Wang.
-
+26 +1
Scientists open the ‘black box’ of schizophrenia with dramatic genetic discovery
Scientists have discovered a gene variant involved in synaptic pruning puts individuals at higher risk for developing schizophrenia. By Amy Ellis Nutt.
Submit a link
Start a discussion