Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe neurological disorder which disorients an individual’s perception of reality.

SCHIZOPHRENIA IS CERTAINLY MORE UNUSUAL THAN MEASLES but people do, nevertheless, catch it, and to the tune, at the moment, of about 60,000 such patients in England and Wales. However, because the ...

The impact of schizophrenia on homelessness is a silent crisis demanding urgent attention. Social workers, armed with ethical principles, values and effective interventions, can be catalysts for ...

Study: Effects of NMDA-receptor blockade by ketamine on mentalizing and its neural correlates in humans: a randomized control trial. Image Credit: Bibadash / Shutterstock Background Schizophrenia ...

Victoria Somers, Schizophrenia: The Impact of Parental Illness on Children, The British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 37, No. 8 (December 2007), pp. 1319-1334 ...

This loss of real world social contact, then, exacerbates the condition of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia can be viewed as a vicious cycle caused by alienation, introversion and divergent thinking.

The socioeconomic impact of non-treatment of brain disorders, particularly when it comes to mental health illnesses, is shocking. A recent OECD report entitled “Making Mental Health Count” points out ...

One was a relapse cohort of veterans withone or more prior relapses (n = 16,862), defined as hospitalization or an ED visit associated with a schizophrenia diagnosis during the 12-month pre-index ...