However, the opioid pathway, a heavily studied physiologic pathway inextricably intertwined with behaviour and reward, rarely receives attention within psychiatric practice. Although the opioid system ...

Post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS) and PTSD share many of the same symptoms. Getting it right when treating addiction increases patients' chances of lasting recovery.

Perception may a collective guess. In 1978, that guess turned deadly.

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) were treated as distinct and unrelated psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by altered thinking and ...

Psychotic disorders affect millions worldwide, and hallucinations are just one symptom that can severely impact daily life, leading to isolation, distress, and reduced quality of life. A significant ...

Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely ...

Man" can be a heady experience. But if you aren't careful, you can head for disaster when you use a tool which can use you ...

Research has shown that Black patients are less likely to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder as opposed to schizophrenia, and ...

Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults, and found that those who used cannabis in the past year were more likely to develop psychotic and bipolar disorders, depression and ...

The history: The bakery sits on Central Avenue, the focal point of Black Los Angeles between the 1930s and 1960s. As ...

Ketogenic diets do show promise for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but the research is preliminary and not backed by randomized controlled trials.

Formerly known as "manic depression," bipolar disorder affects millions of people around the world. The illness is characterized by extreme mood swings that can cause a cycle of mania and depression ...