Lead Exposure Can Trigger Schizophrenia

Toxic Metals: Lead Exposure Can Incite Schizophrenia

By Anoopa Singh | May 31, 2013 03:31 PM EDT

While lead doesn't cause physical abnormalities, the toxic metal can act at the cellular level to increase risk of developing schizophrenia.

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Standing Up To The Voices: Psychiatrists Are Using Computer Avatars To Help Schizophrenics Control Their Illness

By Christie Rizk | May 29, 2013 11:56 AM EDT

In a new pilot study, researchers discovered that computer avatars can help schizophrenics manage their auditory hallucinations.

Passenger on Alaska Airlines Flight Tries to Open Door in Midair

Passenger Who Tried To Open Exit Door Midair Bipolar, Possibly Schizophrenic

By Anthony Rivas | May 28, 2013 06:28 PM EDT

A man, who claimed to have heard voices, was restrained on an Alaska Airlines flight for attempting to open the emergency exit door.

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Chinese Population Study Reveals Schizophrenia Gene Mutations

By Ashik Siddique | Feb 22, 2013 06:49 PM EST

In a new genome-wide study on the northern Chinese Han population, researchers in China have confirmed several gene mutations strongly associated with schizophrenia in a particular chromosome.

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Schizophrenia, an Urban Phenomenon

By Amber Moore | Dec 15, 2012 11:53 AM EST

New research explains the higher rates of schizophrenia in urban areas.

A patient looks through a window inside the Larco Herrera psychiatric hospital in Lima

Britain Condemned for "Mad House" Care of Schizophrenia Patients

By Kate Kelland | Nov 14, 2012 09:31 AM EST

Patients with schizophrenia in Britain are too often locked up in "mad house" institutions that are more likely to make them worse than better.

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Research Suggests That Marijuana Use May Lead to Schizophrenia

By Makini Brice | Nov 05, 2012 12:59 PM EST

Research on cannabis use in patients with schizophrenia have found that it may help alleviate the symptoms.

A poster supporting autistic patients during National Autism Awareness Month in April 2011.

Are Autism and Schizophrenia Related?

By Makini Brice | Oct 23, 2012 04:04 PM EDT

Though scientists are still unsure about the causes of autism spectrum disorder, a multinational team of researchers believe that they have linked the condition with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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Men Also Have a Biological Clock: Older Dads Pass on More Gene Mutations, Linked to Autism and Schizophrenia

By Makini Brice | Aug 22, 2012 03:30 PM EDT

New research published in the journal Nature says that the age of fathers is actually more important than mothers' ages in protecting the health of their unborn children.

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