Schizophrenia, a rare but serious mental illness, impairs the way you think, make decisions, handle emotions, and interact with reality. There’s no single cause of the condition -- it’s a complicated ...

Cognitive therapy significantly reduced psychiatric symptoms and seems to be a safe and acceptable alternative for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who have chosen not to take ...

Schizophrenia is a disease of abnormal brain development. Considerable evidence now indicates that environmental factors have a causative role in schizophrenia. Elevated incidence of the disease has ...

There is no cure for the disease and no known way to prevent it Up until now, scientists have understood some of the mechanics of the disorder and have noted that a person with schizophrenia loses ...

Genes linked to creativity could increase the risk of developing schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to new research. Genetic risk scores were examined in a sample of 86,292 individuals from ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...