Latest Schizophrenia News

A promising schizophrenia drug showed mixed results. What does that mean for patients?

Oct. 31, 2024 16:12 PM EDT

Some people who took a new schizophrenia drug for a year improved with only a few side effects, but many dropped out of the research, the company announced Thursday. The results underscore the difficulties in treating schizophrenia, a severe mental illness that can cause people to...

Father of Colorado supermarket gunman thought he could be possessed by an evil spirit

Sep. 17, 2024 17:42 PM EDT

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The father of a mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket testified Tuesday at his murder trial that he thought his son may have been possessed by an evil spirit before the attack. Sometime before the attack in Boulder in 2021, Moustafa...