Depression, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions affect 1 in 4 people in their lifetime, but the mechanisms ...

point to the possibility that in at least a subset of schizophrenia cases, the immune system is the culprit. Many research groups continue to hunt for clues, and as part of this search, several are ...

Depression, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions affect 1 in 4 people in their lifetime, but mechanisms ...

In the emergency room, doctors told Cherise and her partner, Onyx's dad Donelle Mahomes, that Onyx might have schizophrenia ... in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the brain ...

If your immune system -- your body's defense against germs -- gets triggered often, as with an autoimmune disease, some research suggests that your chances of getting schizophrenia may go up.

The retina is part of the central nervous system, and therefore a direct extension of the brain. This is why changes in the ...

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may appear to have lost touch with reality, e ...

Depression, schizophrenia and other mental health conditions affect 1 in 4 people in their lifetime, but mechanisms ...

2012;69(9):757-766. Since schizophrenia has not traditionally been considered an autoimmune disease, clinicians do not routinely test for serum autoantibodies or other immune markers and ...

It's a really rare disease. It's basically one in a million,” says Onyx Middleton's neurologist Dr. Varun Kannan ...

If a patient has a family history of schizophrenia and more than one of the other identified risk factors for schizophrenia (older paternal age, winter birth, urban residence), she should be ...