“These impairments often persist even during periods of symptom remission and can have a profound impact on daily functioning and quality of life,” says Caroline Fenkel, a doctor of social work, a ...

Depersonalization, or a state of mind causing someone to feel disconnected from themselves, is a common symptom of ...

Positive symptoms correlated with more negative sentiment and longer utterances, whereas negative symptoms aligned with ...

Schizophrenia Review As of 2013 and the DSM-5, schizophrenia is no longer subtyped, as sufferers often have cross-subtype symptomatology. Those familiar will know, for instance, it’s not unusual to ...

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 ...

Panelists discuss how negative symptoms of schizophrenia differ from positive and cognitive symptoms, explaining that negative symptoms involve withdrawal, flat affect, and poverty of thought rather ...

Schizophrenia is known to be a complex disorder. It can present differently in different patients, and can involve delusions, ...

On September 27, 1896, a person calling himself "ALIENIST” wrote to the New York Times alleging that the young Democratic party presidential candidate, William Jennings Bryan was of "unsound mind." In ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...