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New medication significantly decreases involuntary movement

Antipsychotic treatment can cause involuntary movements such as lip smacking, tongue protrusions and excessive eye blinking.

Balance test improves insight into illness in schizophrenia

A common symptom of schizophrenia – not knowing that you’re ill – can be temporarily alleviated using a balance test that stimulates part of the brain with cold water, an exploratory study at the…

Major research project provides new clues to schizophrenia

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet collaborating in the large-scale Karolinska Schizophrenia Project are taking an integrative approach to unravel the disease mechanisms of schizophrenia.

B vitamins may improve schizophrenia symptoms

The first meta-analysis of its kind reviews data from 18 clinical trials to conclude that B vitamins have a positive effect on schizophrenia symptoms.

Scientists find chemical pathway responsible for schizophrenia symptoms

A new mouse study shows that adjusting the levels of kynurenic acid in the brain may significantly impact the symptoms of schizophrenia.

‘Mirror game’ test could secure early detection of schizophrenia, study shows

Virtual reality could hold the key to unlocking an affordable, reliable and effective device to provide early diagnosis and management of schizophrenia.

Nicotine may help treat schizophrenia, study finds

A new study finds the chemical compound may be key in normalizing brain deficits commonly associated with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders.

Schizophrenia could directly increase risk of diabetes

People with early schizophrenia are at an increased risk of developing diabetes, even when the effects of antipsychotic drugs, diet and exercise are taken out of the equation, according to an…

Psychosis: Link to brain inflammation antibodies raises new treatment hope

Study reveals that encephalitis-causing antibodies – such as against NMDAR – are present in some people with a first episode of psychosis.

MicroRNA may give clue to schizophrenia’s ‘voices’

Research using a mouse model of schizophrenia unearths clues about the origin of auditory hallucinations and the potential for innovative, new treatments.