Scientists say they have developed a breakthrough new blood test for schizophrenia -- a chronic brain disorder that often causes delusions, hallucinations and disorganized speech. Scientists say they ...

In the 2001 movie, "A Beautiful Mind," mathematician and Nobel Prizewinner John Nash struggled with the debilitating mental disorder schizophrenia for years before being properly diagnosed and treated ...

I remember sitting in the adolescent psychiatric unit flipping through a pamphlet I had been given to read on schizophrenia. To my knowledge, I had not been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but I had ...

questionnaire In patients with schizophrenia researchers found that the Beijing Performance-based Functional Ecological Test is valid in assessment of functional capacity. Researchers have developed a ...

New research from Indiana University reveals clues about the genetics of schizophrenia. The findings eventually could lead to a genetic test to assess a person’s risk for developing this debilitating ...

A blood test for schizophrenia has been developed that could provide a means of diagnosing the condition before disabling symptoms occur. At present, diagnosis is based on psychiatric and ...

A doctor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix is working to develop what is believed to be the first biological test to diagnose schizophrenia. Amelia Gallitano, a ...

A blood test for diagnosing schizophrenia — the most serious form of mental illness — could be available this year, according to an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' ...

Marlborough drugmaker Sunovion Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday that clinical tests for its new drug to treat adolescents with schizophrenia is showing positive signs. Sunovion said a six-week study ...