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Trial for new drug to treat schizophrenia to begin in Wales

The drug, developed by researchers at Cardiff University, has been described as an "exciting leap forward" for people with schizophrenia

Wales Online

I found out my mum had schizophrenia when I was 14. Here’s what I wish I’d known

The stigma surrounding complex mental health is such that Elfy Scott completed a psychology degree to learn more – but even that fell short

The Guardian - AU

Shooting at Nebraska Target highlights gaps in gun laws

The man who entered an Omaha Target with an AR-15-style rifle and began firing before he was killed by police had been repeatedly sent to psychiatric hospitals because of his schizophrenia

The Independent UK

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Recording: Wife told police mentally ill husband had gun

Police in Culver City, California, on Thursday released body camera footage showing events before officers shot an unarmed man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in the back last year in the Los Angeles suburb

The Independent UK

Failed asylum seeker who killed woman, 87, he befriended detained at secure hospital

Shahin Darvish-Narenjbon was refused asylum in 2013 after coming to the UK to study, and was experiencing schizophrenia when he strangled and stabbed the woman who had treated him 'like a grandson'

Daily Mirror

‘Extreme injustice’: Homeless man with untreated schizophrenia fights 150-year sentence

MIAMI — The crime that Jared Stephens committed is not in dispute.

Miami Herald

Boulder King Soopers shooting suspect showing symptoms of schizophrenia, prosecutor says

DENVER — The man charged with killing 10 people in the 2021 Boulder King Soopers shooting is showing symptoms of schizophrenia, which is keeping him from being found competent to stand trial, according to prosecutors.

The Denver Post

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Silent Suffering

Some Canadian medical experts agree that people living with the most severe mental illnesses are not getting the attention or funding they need.

The Walrus

Paranoid schizophrenic shouted ‘I am God!’ after murdering pensioner weeks after mental health support lapsed

Aaron Cook had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and sectioned in 2020

Evening Standard

Feds to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics

The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients

The Independent UK

Psychiatrists Do Not Know What They Are Treating

The mysteries of the mind are harder to unravel than psychiatrists pretend.

Reason

Man died after setting fire to armchair following long mental health and addiction battle

Mark Bramall had been suffering with paranoid schizophrenia for more than 30 years

Manchester Evening News

A world gone mad: Schizophrenia and a journey through California’s failed mental health system

LOS ANGELES — Standing in the dappled sunlight of a Westside city park, Anthony Mazzucca was trying to make a point. The words flew out of him, like birds, a flock of words. He laughed at the thought.

Los Angeles Times

Schizophrenia is a black box. How — and why — we reported Anthony's story

LOS ANGELES — One cool spring afternoon, Anthony Mazzucca and his mother, Mary Liciaga, stopped into a Starbucks in Marina del Rey. They had just come from an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, and Mary had promised her son a coffee.

Los Angeles Times

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Dear Abby: Should my sister with schizophrenia be in the wedding party?

Bride-to-be considers it risky to give duties to her mentally ill sibling, but some family members disagree.

Irish Mirror

Gardai tell how they thought they were going to die in terrifying shootout as gunman admits attempted murder

Daniel Goulding, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and lives with a threat against his life, pleaded guilty to attempting to murder the two gardai.

Tribune News Service

This band rocks with a doctor, a composer and musicians with schizophrenia

PITTSBURGH — On a rainy afternoon in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, a group of amateur musicians gathered to lay down a few tracks.

ABC News

Without Foodbank NT, David Nicholls would be 'skipping meals and going hungry'

Paranoid schizophrenia took David Nicholls from a fully-independent worker to relying on charity for his groceries. He says without Foodbank NT, he'd be skipping meals and going hungry.

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Man who left knife embedded in Onyx cafe chef's chest learns fate in court

A man who slashed a co-worker at a Mayfield cafe with a large knife before leaving the blade embedded in her chest has been found by a court to have committed the acts of violence but cannot be held criminally responsible because he was suffering from the effects of a…

The Independent UK

Palestinian seeks early release in case that shook Jerusalem

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy whose case became a lightning rod for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seven years ago is now a man languishing in solitary confinement and struggling with schizophrenia

ABC News

Screwdriver stabbing-accused William Delany found not guilty of murder due to mental incompetence

A murder-accused who used a screwdriver to stab another man in Adelaide's northern suburbs, and then left him in a pool of blood inside his unit, has been declared not guilty due to mental incompetence, with a judge finding he was suffering from schizophrenia at the time.

The Independent UK

New study solves riddle of how dopamine relates to schizophrenia

The brain disorder is characterised by delusional thinking, hallucinations and other forms of psychosis.

The Texas Tribune

Texas tries again to prove that Scott Panetti is just sane enough to be executed

The convicted murderer’s lengthy history of schizophrenia and delusions is well documented, from trying to call Jesus Christ as a trial witness to believing that prison dentists put a transmitter in his tooth.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ask the Doctors: Can a pet dog in childhood protect against developing schizophrenia later in life?

Researchers were surprised to find a statistically significant connection between having a dog in early childhood and a decrease in the risk of developing schizophrenia.

The Independent UK

Genes link bipolar, schizophrenia, once thought unrelated

A growing body of research shows that bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and the in-between diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder share common genetic underpinnings

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