Could complex beliefs like paranoia have roots in something as basic as vision? A new Yale study finds evidence that they might. When completing a visual perception task, in which participants had to ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a disorder that involves rumination, can lead to paranoid thoughts and paranoia. OCD occurs when a person experiences a cycle of obsessive thoughts and urges ...

Schizophrenia can be a commonly misunderstood illness, in part due to a great deal of misinformation, which can lead to potentially damaging stigma for the estimated 2.4 million adults in the United ...

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia include delusions, hallucinations, and other changes in thoughts or behaviors. Schizophrenia is a mental health disorder that affects your thoughts, behaviors, and ...

“Exercise is not a replacement for psychiatric medication for the treatment of schizophrenia. However, exercise is a low-risk, worthwhile adjunctive [add-on] intervention,” says Divya Hedgren, MD, a ...

People who see meaning where there is none, like imagining one dot chasing another, may be showing early signs of paranoia or psychosis. Yale scientists found that such visual misperceptions are tied ...