In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview, Dr. Carrie E. Bearden, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Psychology at UCLA, shares transformative insights into the neurobiology of ...

Researchers believe increasing use of cannabis may be contributing to a rise in new cases of schizophrenia and related disorders at younger ages.

Carrie Bearden hiking in the Santa Monica mountains (Westridge Trail) with her two rescue dogs Loona (female lab/bulldog mix, age 8) and Otis (male jindo mix, age 5) against the backdrop of the Los ...

Teams of scientists warn in two recently published medical research papers that marijuana leaves people vulnerable to developing dementia and likely contributes to psychosis. On April 14, the American ...

Schizophrenia is a severe and often highly debilitating psychiatric disorder characterized by distorted emotions, thinking patterns and altered perceptions of reality, as well as mental impairments.

Researchers have discovered eight new genes associated with schizophrenia, in the largest exome-sequencing study of the disorder ever conducted. The breakthrough, made by scientists at the Centre for ...

Schizophrenia is a serious and often misunderstood mental illness that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. It involves a combination of symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions, ...

Twenty years ago, I found myself in a hospital, told I was dealing with something called psychosis. I didn't understand what that meant. At age 13, I was far more concerned with the classes I was ...

UCSF researchers recently became the first to clinically document a case of AI-associated psychosis in an academic journal.

Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder, and while it is characterized by certain behavioral and cognitive symptoms, there can be considerable differences in the presentation from one patient ...