New therapies help people with schizophrenia, but access is woefully inadequate
It's common to hear casual descriptions of "schizophrenic" behavior, describing a person oscillating between two extremes.
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Mental Disorders: News and Research on Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
MeSH tree: F03.700
Severe mental illness linked to higher dementia risk even at young age, and greater stroke risk earlier in life
People living with severe mental illness face a substantially higher risk of dementia throughout adulthood, as well as a significantly elevated risk of stroke in early and middle adulthood, according to a large new study ...
Aug 18, 2026
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Could the risk of schizophrenia be identified years before the first symptoms appear?
A study examined the brains of children at increased risk of developing schizophrenia to determine whether signs of vulnerability can be detected during childhood. The findings suggest that subtle brain differences may emerge ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Severe mental illness linked to preventable physical disease and shorter life span
Being diagnosed with a severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can reduce a person's life expectancy by up to 20 years compared with the general population, University of Queensland researchers have ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Why brain imaging struggles to identify psychiatric disorder signatures
For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to determine whether different neuropsychiatric conditions are linked to specific variations in brain structure and neural connections. While past studies identified possible ...
Almost half of child mental health patients need adult specialist care
Four in 10 children who attend Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Scotland go on to attend specialist psychiatric services as adults, according to new research. This figure increases for teenagers, with ...
Aug 4, 2026
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Genetic deletions may help explain differences in schizophrenia severity
Schizophrenia affects approximately 23 million people worldwide, with onset usually occurring during a person's late adolescence or 20s. Impairments associated with schizophrenia include hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized ...
Jul 28, 2026
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Recall-by-genotype study demonstrates scalable path toward precision psychiatry
Clinical biobanks that combine genomic data with electronic health records (EHRs) have become powerful resources for discovering genetic variants associated with disease. These biobanks may also be used to identify individuals ...
Jul 24, 2026
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Nearly 49,000 brain scans reveal aging signatures linked to dementia, addiction and mental illness
People with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, alcohol addiction or psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia show increased brain aging, each in specific patterns within the brain, according to a study published in PLOS ...
Jul 21, 2026
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One of the oldest psychedelics meets modern brain imaging
For millennia, people have used the psychedelic mescaline as a spiritual and religious tool. Mescaline is a naturally occurring chemical found in cacti, mainly peyote cacti, that are located in the Southwest United States ...
Jul 21, 2026
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