UCSF researcher Daniel Mathalon, MD, PhD, believes that burgeoning knowledge about biomarkers — biological measures of a ...

Antipsychotic medicines are a key part of the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia. Although they provide therapeutic ...

All humans are born with unique traits. Some inherited traits are simple, like eye color or hair color, but some inherited traits can be life-altering. In the ...

Scientists have found a new way to study serious mental health conditions by growing very small human brains in the lab. These tiny brains are about the size of a pea, but they may help doctors better ...

Other cells, such as glial cells, support the function of neurons. Neuroscience has often painted glial cells as the glue that holds neurons together, but glial cells can also be helpful in promoting ...

“Exercise is not a replacement for psychiatric medication for the treatment of schizophrenia. However, exercise is a low-risk, worthwhile adjunctive [add-on] intervention,” says Divya Hedgren, MD, a ...

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have been diagnosed from the outside in, through behavior, mood, and memory rather than the cells and circuits that go wrong. Now a new wave of brain ...

Sandy Dimiterchik, an advocate for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, leads the panel in a discussion highlighting barriers that inhibit optimal patient care. John J. Miller, MD:Sandy, what do you ...