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Did you know that schizophrenia affects more than 1 percent of the world's population? See NARSAD Grants at work on the latest schizophrenia research

Schizophrenia is a severe, chronic, and generally disabling brain and behavior disorder. It is most accurately described as a psychosis - a type of illness that causes severe mental disturbances that disrupt normal thoughts, speech, and behavior. Schizophrenia is believed to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.

Positive symptoms may include delusions, thought disorders, and hallucinations. People with schizophrenia may hear voices other people don't hear, or believe other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them. Negative symptoms may include avolition (a lack of desire or motivation to accomplish goals), lack of desire to form social relationships, and blunted affect and emotion. Cognitive symptoms involve problems with attention and memory, especially in planning and organization to achieve a goal. Cognitive deficits are the most disabling for patients trying to lead a normal life.

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Bryan Roth, M.D., Ph.D.
Bryan Roth, M.D., Ph.D.
August 02, 2011

Scientific Council Member, Bryan L. Roth, M.D., Ph.D., developed a special receptor that was added to serotonin-producing neurons in mice, enabling a powering down of these cells, which affect breathing, body temperature...

Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D.
Jeffrey Lieberman, MD
July 26, 2011

Foundation Scientific Council Member Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D. leads team in recent study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data to measure the thickness of the cortex in specific regions of the brain in schizophrenia...

Kristine Yaffe, M.D.
Kristine Yaffe, M.D.
July 19, 2011

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Deborah Barnes, Ph.D., and Independent Investigator Kristine Yaffe, M.D., have concluded that over half of all Alzheimer's Cases may be preventable, given...

Husseini K. Manji, M.D., Expert on depression and bipolar disorder
Husseini K. Manji, M.D.
July 14, 2011

The field of mental health research is awash with ground-breaking scientists. Every day breakthroughs to new treatments are discovered, leading us to the day when we can finally wipe out the anguish and despair mental...

July 13, 2011

Contact: Dianne Ackerman

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

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Contact: Dianne Ackerman
E-mail: dackerman@bbrfoundation.org
Phone: (516) 829-0091

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