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.
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.
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.
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.
By Amber Moore | Dec 15, 2012 11:53 AM EST
New research explains the higher rates of schizophrenia in urban areas.
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.
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.
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.
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.