Novel treatments include mental exercises to boost cognitive function, as well as strategies that help people with schizophrenia understand the emotions of others.
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Symptoms and impacts may fluctuate and it can be difficult to show you’ve tried other treatments.
Understanding why people born blind never develop schizophrenia could transform how we think about and treat one of medicine’s most baffling conditions.
There is strong evidence connecting cannabis use during pregnancy to harmful effects on a child’s brain development, including a higher risk of schizophrenia.
The tragedy has again exposed a system that doesn’t reach out to those who are most unwell.
The plural of anecdote is not data, as they say.
The delusions of people with thought disorders have had consistent themes of persecution for decades. But new technology provides fresh material for the content of delusions.
A new Grattan Institute report shows how Australia can build a national system of psychosocial supports within five years without spending any more money.
Australia’s response to mental illness is still hospital-centric. Treating more patients in their homes is a step in the right direction.
People with schizophrenia made up almost 16 per cent of deaths in B.C.’s 2021 heat dome. Their experiences show why cooling must be treated as a right, not a privilege.
People with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder gain 5kg in five years. The average person gains 1.5kg.
Dopamine clues reveal a common thread in psychosis.
Study suggests accelerated brain ageing is a factor in the development of schizophrenia – and can be measured using a simple blood test.
Communication mishaps can happen, but many may be a sign of impaired social cognition.
The winner of this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award will be announced this evening. Astrid Edwards takes you through the contenders in our annual expert guide to the shortlist.
The experience of hearing voices can be very different from person to person, and can change over time. They can be comforting or very distressing.
A lack of dopamine seems to directly cause social problems.
Extreme heat will continue to affect Canada, but the negative impacts on the most vulnerable, including those living with mental illness, can be reduced by taking steps to ensure healthier cities.
‘Hervs’ date back hundreds of thousands of years – and play an important role in regulating genes.
A highly unusual new case is giving scientists insights about what causes illusions of facial distortion
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Associate professor and Royal Society Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
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Doctor and Clinical Researcher, King's College London
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Associate Professor, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney; University of Canberra
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
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Institute Manager, Órama - Institute for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Flinders University
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Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychology, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Researcher, Cardiff University
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Scientia Professor & Head of the School of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Winthrop Professor of Psychiatry, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The University of Western Australia
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Clinical Associate Professor, Imperial College London