Psychosis

Computer-Delivered Cognitive Training Significantly Helped Schizophrenia Patients in Rehab Setting
Cognitive difficulties experienced by people with schizophrenia are the symptoms of the illness that tend to have the greatest impact on daily functioning and overall quality of life. Individuals who… Read More
A Revealing Genetic Comparison of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Researchers have taken an important step toward understanding the relationship between two of the most serious psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. For years, they have known… Read More
Machine-learning Helped Identify Newly Diagnosed Schizophrenia Patients and Predicted Treatment Response
Using machine-learning techniques to analyze functional imaging data, a team of Foundation-supported researchers reports that it was able to identify the presence of schizophrenia in 78 percent of a… Read More
Sad woman with disorganized thoughts and psychosis
New data gleaned from learning-task experiments and fMRI imaging of young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis support the theory that problems in a particular brain circuit contribute to the… Read More
Study Suggests Cannabis Can Make Schizophrenia Medication Less Effective
New research in mice reveals how THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis, can reduce the effectiveness of risperidone, an antipsychotic drug used widely to treat people with schizophrenia.… Read More