INSANE: Schizophrenia - The Real Truth

We compared what happens after a schizophrenia diagnosis in Denmark and the UK

Schizophrenia is one of the most severe mental illnesses. This makes it an important test of how well countries support those with the most complex needs.

The Conversation · Oct 16

George W Brown obituary

Acclaimed medical sociologist who established the importance of social and environmental factors in mental illness

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14

His Schizophrenia Treatment Never Worked, and a Brain Scan Revealed a Rare Dementia That Began at 32

A man treated for schizophrenia actually had frontotemporal dementia that began at 32, a case showing how brain disease can mimic mental illness.

Medical Daily · Oct 14

'I Hope It Was Worth It': US Citizen With Schizophrenia Dies by Suicide After ICE Detains Caregiver Mum

A federal judge ordered Minerva Terrones Dominguez's release after finding she was held illegally, following the death of her 21-year-old son Samuel, who had schizophrenia and depression.

International Business Times UK · Oct 1

He Believed a CIA Agent Was Inserting Dreams Into His Sleep, and Psychiatrists Named the Symptom

A man with treatment-resistant schizophrenia said dreams were being planted in his mind at night. His clinicians called it dream insertion.

Medical Daily · Sep 8

Mental health groups have ‘failed to acknowledge’ risk of violence, says Mind chief

Sector has avoided issue because of stigma fears, expert warns ahead of closure of Nottingham attacks inquiry

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5

Man with schizophrenia who killed his grandmother admits to murdering his friend

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The Independent UK · Sep 2

‘I’m free’: How VR therapy helped a schizophrenia patient silence 27 years of voices

One hypothesis is that making an invisible symptom something patients can see, hear and respond to gives them greater control over it.

Euronews · Aug 29

New therapies help people with schizophrenia – but access is woefully inadequate

It’s common to hear casual descriptions of “schizophrenic” behavior, describing a person oscillating between two extremes.

The Conversation · Aug 20

Woman with schizophrenia killed disabled woman hours after being spared jail

Patricia Hewitt, 42, was given a hospital order after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility

The Independent UK · Aug 5