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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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Visit the Schizophrenia Research Forum, fully sponsored by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation—a virtual community of scientists collaborating in their quest for causes, improved treatments, and better understanding of schizophrenia.

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The 2003 discovery of a gene variant that seems to predispose people to depression when stressed out created great excitement — and a flood of research — in...

January 07, 2011

Contact:

University of Michigan Psychiatry Department

(Barbara Wheeler for NARSAD)

University of Michigan Health System

David T. Hsu, Ph.D, Ilan A. Kerman, M.D., Ph.D,...

The Only Snow in Town by Robin Webber
The Only Snow in Town by Robin Webber
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In 1989, Patsy and Hal Hollister founded NARSAD Artworks, a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation dedicated to reproducing and selling museum-quality art by talented artists whose lives have shared the common bond of mental...

January 06, 2011

Contact: Barbara Wheeler   

(516) 829-0091
bwheeler@narsad.org

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Andrew Solomon accepts his award at the 2010 NARSAD 'From Discovery to Recovery'
Andrew Solomon accepts his award at the 2010 NARSAD 'From Discovery to Recovery'
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And we count ourselves incredibly lucky to have been able to honor Andrew Solomon at the 2010 ‘From Discovery to Recovery’ NARSAD Awards Dinner. This year, three renowned authors were awarded NARSAD Productive Lives...

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