Schizophrenia is a serious and often misunderstood mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. It involves a combination of symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions, ...

Scientists have long known that dopamine helps the brain learn from rewards, but a new computational model shows how for people with schizophrenia this learning system can break down and ...

Symptoms of schizophrenia, a serious mental disorder that can include hallucinations and delusions, vary greatly from person to person. One common group of schizophrenia symptoms that doesn’t always ...

Neurological soft signs (NSS) refer to subtle impairments in motor coordination, sensory integration and inhibitory control that are frequently observed in schizophrenia and related disorders. These ...

When most people think about schizophrenia, they think about hallucinations or delusions—voices that aren’t there or beliefs that don’t align with reality. These symptoms are often grouped under the ...

Panelists discuss how understanding and managing the full range of schizophrenia symptoms is key to improving long-term patient outcomes. Panelists discuss how schizophrenia presents a wide spectrum ...

Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric disorder characterised by a diverse array of symptoms, with negative symptoms – such as diminished emotional expression, avolition, and anhedonia – having a ...

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 ...

Schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia have several symptoms in common, like hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking or behavior. But although these conditions may resemble each other ...

One of the symptoms of schizophrenia is difficulty incorporating new information about the world. This can lead patients to struggle with making decisions and, eventually, to lose touch with reality.