Mental health experts called on Monday for the term schizophrenia to be dropped, saying it has no scientific validity, is imprecise and stigmatising.

“It is a harmful concept,” said Professor Marius…

A drug normally used to treat schizophrenia has been given approval by the U.S. the Food and Drug Administration for use in treating the symptoms of autism in children…

The higher risk of schizophrenia among offspring of expectant mothers living through famine could help us understand the genetic basis for that debilitating mental disorder, a group of researchers argue…

Hallucinations and delusions are the most obvious symptoms of schizophrenia. But such psychotic or “positive” symptoms are not necessarily the most important or disabling ones. Another set of symptoms,…

A two-year study of Zyprexa (olanzapine) in patients thought to have early signs of schizophrenia had mixed results, researchers reported.

On one hand, daily Zyprexa appeared to blunt symptoms…

For patients with schizophrenia who do not respond to an initial trial with an antipsychotic drug, clozapine (Clozaril) appears to be a more effective second treatment than other drugs, investigators report…

Results of a study suggest that schizophrenia may be associated with a larger range of autoimmune diseases than previously suspected.

Schizophrenia affects about 1 percent of the population and…

A Johns Hopkins study of more than 1,700 patients with schizophrenia hospitalized for medical or surgical care unrelated to their mental disorder shows they are at least…

According to a new report by a British government advisory body, the regular use of cannabis though it can have real and significant mental health effects it is unlikely to cause…

By deleting a single gene in a small portion of the brains of mice, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found that the animals were affected in a…

What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a chronic, disabling illness that may be caused by abnormal amounts of certain chemicals in the brain. These chemicals are called neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters control our thought processes and…