First, some preliminaries about your fascinating book, The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease (Beacon, 2010). How did you come to unearth such a trove of important documents ...

In this book, Robert has achieved the goal of presenting the complex phenomenon of schizophrenia from multiple perspectives, and for that reason, I chose to interview him about his book and his ...

Cameras that have been installed in their homes by the CIA, voices that whisper vicious words, and demons that appear in their bedroom at night. These are the delusions and hallucinations of psychosis ...

Despite common myths, the vast majority of people with schizophrenia never engage in violent behaviors. Schizophrenia is a highly stigmatized mental health condition often associated with violence in ...

People with schizophrenia have much higher rates of substance use disorders – including alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine – than the general population. One study found 47% of people with ...

Is schizophrenia more common in men than in women? Does it usually start around a certain age? And do things like your race or location raise your chances of getting it? The field of epidemiology can ...

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 ...

DID and schizophrenia are different conditions with some overlapping symptoms. People with DID experience multiple identities or personalities, while people with schizophrenia do not Dissociative ...

This post contains discussion of mental health issues. Regardless of your age, you probably know actor Jake Lloyd. Along with roles in films like Jingle All the Way, he starred as young Anakin ...

Hearing imaginary voices is a common but mysterious feature of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Up to 80 percent of people with these conditions experience auditory hallucinations, hearing speech or ...