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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

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The Latest Research Discoveries

A Rarely Studied Brain Structure Provides New Clues About Psychosis

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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2019

A Rarely Studied Brain Structure Provides New Clues About Psychosis

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Evidence Links Abnormally Formed Proteins With Schizophrenia Pathology in Some Patients

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Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019

Evidence Links Abnormally Formed Proteins With Schizophrenia Pathology in Some Patients

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Research on Antioxidant Role in Schizophrenia and Psychosis Points to Possible Therapeutic Value of Compound Found in Broccoli

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Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2019

Research on Antioxidant Role in Schizophrenia and Psychosis Points to Possible Therapeutic Value of Compound Found in Broccoli

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In a Comparison of Two Kinds of Cognitive Training, One Appeared to Help Schizophrenia Patients More

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Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2019

In a Comparison of Two Kinds of Cognitive Training, One Appeared to Help Schizophrenia Patients More

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Adding Guanfacine Boosted Benefits of Cognitive Remediation Therapy in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

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Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Adding Guanfacine Boosted Benefits of Cognitive Remediation Therapy in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

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Researchers Study ‘Background’ Mutations That Can Impact Schizophrenia and Autism

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Posted: Monday, January 14, 2019

Researchers Study ‘Background’ Mutations That Can Impact Schizophrenia and Autism

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The Brain Continues to Develop in Young People With Schizophrenia

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Posted: Monday, November 5, 2018

The Brain Continues to Develop in Young People With Schizophrenia

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Computer-Delivered Cognitive Training Significantly Helped Schizophrenia Patients in Rehab Setting

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Posted: Monday, October 22, 2018

Computer-Delivered Cognitive Training Significantly Helped Schizophrenia Patients in Rehab Setting

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A Revealing Genetic Comparison of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

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Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2018

A Revealing Genetic Comparison of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

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Immune System Factor Could Be Mobilized to Boost Motivation and Cognitive Deficits in Mental Illness

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Posted: Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Boosting Motivation and Cognitive Deficits in Mental Illness

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Machine-learning Helped Identify Newly Diagnosed Schizophrenia Patients and Predicted Treatment Response

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Posted: Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Machine-learning Helped Identify Newly Diagnosed Schizophrenia Patients and Predicted Treatment Response

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Ashwagandha, or Withania somnifera May Relieve Worsening Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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Posted: Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Medicinal Herb May Relieve Worsening Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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Sad woman with disorganized thoughts and psychosis

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Posted: Monday, August 13, 2018

“Disorganized Thinking” in Psychosis is Linked to Brain Processing Problem in Cerebellum

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Study Suggests Cannabis Can Make Schizophrenia Medication Less Effective

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Posted: Friday, July 27, 2018

Study Suggests Cannabis Compound Can Make Schizophrenia Medication Less Effective

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Folic Acid-Fortified Foods During Pregnancy May Support Child’s Brain Development After Birth

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Posted: Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Folic Acid-Fortified Foods During Pregnancy May Support Child’s Brain Development After Birth

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Genetic Variations Reveal Which Patients Will Have Cognitive Benefits

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Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2018

Genetic Variations Reveal Which Patients Will Have Cognitive Benefits From Antipsychotic Medications

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Schizophrenia-Linked Genes Leave Developing Brains Vulnerable During Complicated Pregnancies

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Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Schizophrenia-Linked Genes Leave Developing Brains Vulnerable During Complicated Pregnancies

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Brain’s White Matter Linked to Core Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia

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Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Impairments in Brain’s White Matter Linked to Core Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia

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Large Gene Expression Study Sheds Light on Causal Factors in Five Brain Disorders

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Posted: Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Large Gene Expression Study Sheds Light on Causal Factors in Five Brain Disorders

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Molecular Picture Points the Way to Better Antipsychotic Medications

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Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Molecular Picture Points the Way to Better Antipsychotic Medications

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A 21st-Century Approach to Treating Psychosis and Other Adolescent Mental Health Disorders

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Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2018

A 21st-Century Approach to Treating Psychosis and Other Adolescent Mental Health Disorders

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Treating Psychosis Patients Early and Comprehensively Has Resulted in Improved Outcomes

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Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Treating Psychosis Patients Early and Comprehensively Has Resulted in Improved Outcomes

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NAC Medication Improves Working Memory in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Patients with Psychosis

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Posted: Monday, March 12, 2018

NAC Medication Improves Working Memory in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Patients with Psychosis

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Social Impairment Levels Remain Stable in Patients with Psychotic Disorders

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Posted: Monday, February 26, 2018

Social Impairment Levels Remain Stable in Patients with Psychotic Disorders

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Brain’s Gray and White Matter Deteriorate in Schizophrenia

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Posted: Monday, February 5, 2018

Analysis Reveals Accelerated Rates at Which the Brain’s Gray and White Matter Deteriorate in Schizophrenia

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Genome-Wide Studies Aid Investigation of Dual Diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorder

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Posted: Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Genome-Wide Studies Aid Investigation of Dual Diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorder

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Researchers Uncover Neural Circuit that Underlies Interest in Novelty

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Posted: Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Researchers Uncover Neural Circuit that Underlies Interest in Novelty

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Studying Psychotic Symptoms in Marijuana Smokers at High Psychosis Risk

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Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Studying Psychotic Symptoms in Marijuana Smokers at High Psychosis Risk

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Complexity of a Cell Network Regulating a Fear Circuit

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Posted: Monday, September 18, 2017

Research Shows ‘Exquisite’ Complexity of a Cell Network Regulating a Fear Circuit

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Calculator Helps Predict Risk of Developing Psychosis

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Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2017

New Calculator Helps Predict Risk of Developing Psychosis Across Diagnoses

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New Technique Lets Researchers Watch Human Brain Circuits Begin to Wire-Up

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Posted: Tuesday, July 18, 2017

New Technique Lets Researchers Watch Human Brain Circuits Begin to Wire-Up

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Cerebellum in Cognitive Defects in Schizophrenia

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Posted: Monday, June 26, 2017

Study Uncovers Role for Cerebellum in Cognitive Defects in Schizophrenia

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Key Figures

3.5 million adults

3.5 million adults (1.1%) of the US Adult population live with schizophrenia*

* Source: National Institute of Mental Health

21 million

More than 21 million people worldwide are affected by schizophrenia*

* Source: World Health Organization (WHO)

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Meet a Researcher

Amy F.T. Arnsten, Ph.D.
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Amy F.T. Arnsten, Ph.D.

Albert E. Kent Professor of Neuroscience and of Psychology

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Yale School of Medicine

1998 Independent Investigator Grant

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Huda Akil, Ph.D. - Brain & behavior research expert on depression
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Huda Akil, Ph.D.

Gardner Quarton Distinguished University Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry

Co-Director, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute

University of Michigan

Scientific Council Member (Joined 2002)

2007 Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience

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In your work with the Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Research Consortium, have you uncovered any new genes that you think might be related to mental illnesses besides major depression?

Donor Stories

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From Despair — Motivating Love and Joyous Art


Annick Hollister makes art as bright and sunny as the skies above her California home. She depicts the beauty of nature with tender, sure-handed...

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Focus on Family Support


Ann Laitman’s son, Daniel, was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 15. Daniel is now 19, and with treatment and family support, he is making...

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People Like Everybody Else


A family affected by schizophrenia supports NARSAD with the belief that future generations will be better off through the funding of scientific...

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A Family Living With – And Recovering From – Schizophrenia


“All the hopes you have for your daughter’s future are dashed,” Mary Ann said. “She wants to go to college, have a family, but there’s no guarantee...

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Follow-Up: 'Team Daniel' Runs for NARSAD


We met Daniel Laitman and his parents Ann and Rob in the September 2010 issue of eNews from NARSAD. Daniel is 19 and lives with schizophrenia. [...

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Research Gives People Hope: Multiple family illnesses inspire a couple's life-long commitment to the mental health cause


No one knows better than the Garatt family how far research in mental illness has come – and how far it still has to go. Thirty-three years ago, when...

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Recovery is Real: Patient-Turned-Mentor Shares Story of Hope and Offers Support to Others


Howard Trachtman can serve as a role model to us all. He lives to tell the tale of an incredible journey of recovery from schizoaffective disorder....

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One Young Man’s Rocky Road to Recovery


Overcoming the challenge of living with symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder – a mix seen more often in men From The Quarterly, Fall 2011...

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I Share My Story As Others Begin their Journey…


This is a true story about what happened to a family when mental illness struck one of its children. My son Todd Christopher O’Connell was born April...

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Late-Onset Mental Illness Unravels a Family's Life


Among Janet Larsen’s family mementos, carefully preserved and passed down by her mother, is a letter addressed to Janet’s father, Victor Lottmann, on...

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Social Media Helps One Man Institutionalized for Schizophrenia Reconnect with Old Friends


The summer before Neil Barber’s junior year in high school, he and three of his buddies decided to experiment with marijuana. Neil’s dad, Greg,...

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The Crucial Need for Brain Research: A Leader at NAMI Discusses Her Unwavering 25-Year Support of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation


From The Quarterly, Spring 2012 Like many donors to the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, Janet and Myron Susin of Long Island, New York,...

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Well Into Recovery


From The Quarterly, Spring 2013 Recalling her son’s last year in high school, Stamatia Pappas can still, ten years later, feel her eyes fill with...

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Heartache And Hard-Won Progress


Love, support and good education: not enough to preclude mental illness in this family, but enough to help them cultivate recovery From The Quarterly...

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Inexpressible Gratitude

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Inexpressible Gratitude


A mother beams as her son, lives with Asperger's syndrome and schizophrenia, courageously lives his dream to become an inventor John Atherton is a 53...

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In Schizophrenia’s Wake, a Son Laments the Father Who Might Have Been


Emerson Hart is a singer-songwriter. In the 1990s, he co-founded the Grammy-nominated rock band Tonic and, as the lead singer, has written hit...

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Finding a Way to Help and Heal


An Annual Event Honors a Beloved Son and Supports the Foundation’s Research Toward the end of his freshman year at the University of Minnesota, where...

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From Chaos to Hope: A Family’s Odyssey with Schizophrenia


Seared into Randye Kaye’s memory is a terrifying day in 2003 when she rushed 21-year-old Ben to the emergency room of the local hospital near her...

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An Agonizing Journey and a “Blessing”


Janet and Donald Boardman, Sr., remember with chilling clarity the last time their son Donald, Jr., had to be hospitalized against his will. “When...

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