schizophrenia
It Took 7 Years to Charge Cops Who Shot Jamarion Robinson 59 Times
A U.S. Marshals task force shot Jamarion Robinson, a 26-year-old Black man with paranoid schizophrenia, 59 times during a 2016 raid.
Scientists Created a Video Game That Makes People Hear Sounds That Aren't Real
A new study induced hallucination-like perceptions in humans and mice to better conditions such as schizophrenia.
I Started Hearing Voices After Experiencing Trauma
Auditory hallucinations are often associated with schizophrenia, but many voice hearers don't fit the mould.
10 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask Someone with Schizophrenia
The mental illness been wildly misrepresented in popular culture. We spoke to someone who lives with it every day.
Psychotic Delusions Change With the Times. They’ve Started to Include COVID-19
People with psychosis could be having pandemic delusions long after a vaccine is developed or society is reopened.
The Strange Link Between Pandemics and Psychosis
Scientists are looking more closely at how viruses and infections could influence our minds.
There’s a Mysterious Syndrome That Turns People Into Statues
Patients with catatonia look frozen on the outside. On the inside they feel overwhelmed by fear and anxiety.
People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia
The possible explanations could help us better understand the condition.
The Psychiatric 'Wonder Drug' That Almost No One Is Using
Clozapine could save the lives of suicidal schizophrenic people who aren't responding to other treatments. So why are so few doctors using it?
The Sugar High Might Be a Myth
That afternoon treat might not improve your mood, and could make you more tired within the first hour of eating it.
When Watching a Movie Can Induce Psychosis
Esmé Weijun Wang describes what it's like for your mind to get pulled away from reality in her new book of essays.