Schizophrenia News

Schizophrenia Patients Often Mistake Angry Expression for Fear

April 27th, 2013
Schizophrenia Patients Often Mistake Angry Expression for FearPatients with schizophrenia have a hard time recognizing angry facial expressions, often mistaking them for fear, according to a new ...

Excess Neurotransmitter in Brain May Trigger Schizophrenia

April 19th, 2013
Excess Neurotransmitter in Brain May Trigger Schizophrenia Emerging research suggests an excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate may cause a transition to psychosis in people who are at risk for schizophrenia. Columbia University Medical Center ...

Greater Marijuana Use Linked to More Severe Schizophrenia

April 13th, 2013
Greater Marijuana Use Linked to More Severe SchizophreniaNew research reveals that schizophrenia patients with a history of cannabis use have longer hospital stays and a higher rate of hospital readmission. They may also have ...

Seasonal Patterns Found in Online Mental Illness Searches

April 10th, 2013
Seasonal Patterns Found in Online Mental Illness Searches  Online searches for all major mental illnesses tend to follow seasonal patterns, according to a new study -- suggesting that mental illnesses may be ...

UTI Far More Likely After Schizophrenia Relapse

April 7th, 2013
UTI Far More Like After Schizophrenia RelapseIndividuals with schizophrenia who are experiencing a relapse are 29 times more likely than healthy individuals to develop a urinary tract infection, according to researchers at ...

Mental Illness Prevalent in Parents Who Kill Their Children

April 6th, 2013
Mental Illness Prevalent in Parents Who Kill Their Children  A new study finds that close to 40 percent of UK parents who killed their children suffered from some sort of mental illness. Researchers at The ...

Brain Scans May Reveal Early Signs of Schizophrenia

April 6th, 2013
Brain Scans May Reveal Early Signs of SchizophreniaAs much as a decade before most schizophrenia patients begin showing obvious symptoms, brain scans may be able to detect signs of the disease, according ...

Siblings of Schizophrenia Patients at Higher Risk for Depressive Symptoms

March 31st, 2013
Siblings of Schizophrenia Patients at Higher Risk for Depressive SymptomsAlthough research suggests a higher risk of psychosis in siblings of people with schizophrenia, less is known about depressive symptoms in these siblings. To investigate ...

Reporting Feelings Involves Multiple Brain Areas

March 28th, 2013
Reporting Feelings Involves Multiple Brain AreasNew research suggests that when humans communicate emotions, they are actually experiencing a synthesis of three processes that occur in separate ...

Kids With High Risk for Schizophrenia Show Abnormal Brain Function

March 25th, 2013
Kids With High Risk for Schizophrenia Show Abnormal Brain Function Emerging research suggests children at risk of developing schizophrenia have brains that function differently than those not at risk. Researchers from the University ...