Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists say they have developed a breakthrough new blood test for schizophrenia -- a chronic brain disorder that often causes ...

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UCSF scientists are in a tight race against time, trying to spot telltale brain signals before a person’s first psychotic break. The idea is simple, even if the science is not: treat people while ...

Current schizophrenia medications treat symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, but do little for cognitive symptoms like disorganized thinking or executive dysfunction. As a result, many ...

I remember sitting in the adolescent psychiatric unit flipping through a pamphlet I had been given to read on schizophrenia. To my knowledge, I had not been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but I had ...

Schizophrenia affects 1% of the global population and is caused by a complex interplay between at least 280 genes and environmental factors like childhood trauma and early cannabis use. Patients with ...

Schizophrenia is a long-term mental health condition and diagnosing it can be complex because symptoms vary between individuals. There is currently no single medical test for the disorder. As a result ...

A light pulse of electricity to the brain helped monkeys shake off a schizophrenia-like pattern of rigid thinking. They became better at recognizing change and adjusting their behavior. Researchers ...

Scientists say they have developed a breakthrough new blood test for schizophrenia — a chronic brain disorder that often causes delusions, hallucinations and disorganized speech. The test, featured ...