The Latest Breaking News from Schizophrenia

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy whose case became a lightning rod for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seven years ago is now a man languishing in solitary confinement and struggling with schizophrenia

A murder-accused who used a screwdriver to stab another man in Adelaide's northern suburbs, and then left him in a pool of blood inside his unit, has been declared not guilty due to mental incompetence, with a judge finding he was suffering from schizophrenia at the time.

The brain disorder is characterised by delusional thinking, hallucinations and other forms of psychosis.

The convicted murderer’s lengthy history of schizophrenia and delusions is well documented, from trying to call Jesus Christ as a trial witness to believing that prison dentists put a transmitter in his tooth.

Researchers were surprised to find a statistically significant connection between having a dog in early childhood and a decrease in the risk of developing schizophrenia.

A growing body of research shows that bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and the in-between diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder share common genetic underpinnings

New research finds severe COVID increases the risk of schizophrenia — and could be a possible long COVID symptom

Paul Miller, who has paranoid schizophrenia, admitted a charge of attempted murder.

A request by an Adelaide prisoner with schizophrenia to move from a high-security jail to a mental health facility could have been a cry for help before he was released and killed an Adelaide mother, an inquest has heard.

Ian Fackender, who suffered from schizophrenia, had intense fears about emergency service sirens and was fatally shot by police in 2017. A coroner says there were many steps that could have been taken to reduce the risk to Mr Fackender and the officers.

Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were affected by mental disorders like depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. While scientists have long known that many of these disorders run in families, their genetic basis isn’t entirely clear. One…