Hearing imaginary voices is a common but mysterious feature in schizophrenia. Up to 80 percent of people with the disease experience auditory hallucinations—hearing voices or other sounds when there ...

Not enough is known about how the disease affects women, who are more likely than men to be overlooked—and more likely to develop the disease in midlife. Schizophrenia is a general term for a group of ...

On his mental health journey, Gucci Mane has his wife by his side. The Atlanta rap legend, who released his second memoir "Episodes" on Oct. 14, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with bipolar ...

Whether for entertainment, education or news, Americans are increasingly tuning in to podcasts, and the media form has become a large part of many U.S. adults’ everyday lives and information diets.

Pea-sized brains grown in a lab have for the first time revealed the unique way neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, psychiatric ailments that affect millions of people ...

Credit: Getty Images Schizophrenia is a type of psychotic disorder that affects how a person thinks and interprets reality. Like schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder is also a type of psychotic ...

For Henry Cockburn, the onset of schizophrenia felt like pure common sense. It was February 2002, and the 20-year-old art student had strayed from the University of Brighton to satisfy his desire for ...

Recent studies have examined the relationship between the drug and psychoses and looked at how the brain responds to the substance Lillian Ali - Contributor Researchers found the contribution of ...

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When Christine was nine years old, her mother, Mary, said, “Come here. I want to tell you a secret.” They sat on a brown couch in their living room, in Santa Ana, California. Mary, who was forty-three ...

Is digital technology on the brink of becoming a viable treatment option for schizophrenia? While many experts are optimistic — especially about its potential to address negative symptoms — opinions ...

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include delusions, hallucinations, and other changes in thoughts or behaviors. Schizophrenia is a mental health disorder that affects your thoughts, behaviors, and ...