Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder affecting about 1% of the population worldwide, and is notoriously difficult to ...

“These impairments often persist even during periods of symptom remission and can have a profound impact on daily functioning and quality of life,” says Caroline Fenkel, a doctor of social work, a ...

Panelists discuss how negative symptoms of schizophrenia differ from positive and cognitive symptoms, explaining that negative symptoms involve withdrawal, flat affect, and poverty of thought rather ...

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness. The GRIN2A gene regulates communication between neurons by producing the ...

“Exercise is not a replacement for psychiatric medication for the treatment of schizophrenia. However, exercise is a low-risk, worthwhile adjunctive [add-on] intervention,” says Divya Hedgren, MD, a ...

New evidence confirms a long-held theory that people with schizophrenia hear 'voices' in their heads by misattributing inner speech as external. "This idea's been around for 50 years, but it's been ...

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 ...