Parenting teenagers often comes with sudden changes, mood swings, new friends, and a shift in grades. But sometimes, those changes go beyond what’s “typical.” For some teens, ...

You’ve probably heard the word before, but maybe only in passing - in a movie, on the news, or used as a punchline or a warning. “Psychosis” tends to conjure images that are ...

Summer is often imagined as a time when things get lighter. School steps aside, routines loosen, and the usual pressures fade into the background. For many teens, that shift can ...

If you’re reading this, maybe something about your teen has shifted. Perhaps they’ve pulled away from friends, stopped showing up to school, or started saying things that don’t ...

A classroom-style treatment teaches patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other illnesses to carry on their lives despite hallucinations and imagined voices.

Our conception of the human “mind” is a manifestation of brain function. In turn, the brain is composed of numerous autonomous, but highly coordinated functional units. If one ...

Exploring the intricate connections between family dynamics and the emergence of psychosis and schizophrenia in teenagers and young adults.

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. The onset of schizophrenia is typically in the late teenage years or early adulthood. ...

The interplay between genetics (e.g. family history of mental illness) and environment (e.g. infections or drug use) leads some people to develop impaired brain function during ...