June 18th, 2013

Long-acting antipsychotic Zyprexa Relprevv (olanzapine pamoate) is under scrutiny after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) turned up two deaths following the injection of the ...
June 16th, 2013

New mice research suggests that, for those who already carry a genetic risk for schizophrenia, being exposed to lead during the formative years results in an ...
June 13th, 2013

Most would agree that smiles are contagious. But can there be a social benefit from ...
June 11th, 2013

Emerging research suggests outpatient treatment of mental illness significantly reduces arrest rates for people with mental health problems -- and saves taxpayers money ...
June 9th, 2013

Conditions that are difficult to study -- such as schizophrenia, autism and Alzheimer's -- can now be analyzed safely and effectively with an innovative method designed to ...
June 8th, 2013

How do the faulty brain circuits involved in mental disorders such as autism or retardation develop? Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have helped light ...
June 3rd, 2013

New research proposes early lead exposure can alter a human gene that leads to brain changes associated with schizophrenia.
Investigators discovered that mice engineered with a human ...
June 1st, 2013

What would happen if a tormenting inner voice were given an avatar? Would it help a patient with schizophrenia cope with that voice? New ...
May 29th, 2013

New technology is allowing superresolution and segmentation of magnetic resonance images (MRI) to help scientists study the actual structure of psychosis.
Spanish researchers from ...
May 25th, 2013

Patients with schizophrenia aren’t the only ones who hear voices.
According to international research, approximately five percent of the population hears ...