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 ...

Recently, I had the opportunity to read an advance copy of a new book, The Essential Schizophrenia Companion, by Robert Francis (with a foreword by Elyn R. Saks, Ph.D., J.D.). Robert is a man with a ...

Twenty years ago, I found myself in a hospital, told I was dealing with something called psychosis. I didn't understand what that meant. At age 13, I was far more concerned with the classes I was ...

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 ...

Doctors say early symptoms of schizophrenia don't always lead to severe illness - and that offers new hope for prevention.

A recent study has confirmed a longstanding theory about the origins of the ‘voices’ experienced by individuals with schizophrenia. This breakthrough validates a hypothesis that has been debated for ...

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 ...