For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) were treated as distinct and unrelated psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by altered thinking and ...

New research finds that adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders have high rates of comorbid mental and substance use disorders and significant social and economic disadvantages, and only 26% ...

Schizophrenia can feel like living soundly in reality with stability, even as life is completely falling apart. Symptoms of the illness can put people in a position where they may lose jobs, ...

Schizophrenia, or schizophrenia spectrum disorder, is a serious mental illness affecting 24 million people worldwide. If you live with schizophrenia, your ability to relate to reality is significantly ...

Schizophrenia commonly co-occurs with other mental health conditions, including depression. However, experts do not know exactly why this happens. People with schizophrenia and depression may have ...

Although schizophrenia affects all sexes, females tend to develop it later in life, often with a second onset peak after age 45, which may be linked to hormonal changes. Females with schizophrenia may ...

The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia is a scientific theory that suggests dopamine directly contributes to schizophrenia symptoms. Research on this theory and other causes of schizophrenia is ...