Melbourne woman spends much of past nine years in seclusion after being found not guilty of assault due to mental impairment
Judge concerned about lack of progress of treatment in mental health facility and urges transition away from ‘highly restrictive conditions’
June 2024
Rose review – Sofie Gråbøl works hard in heartfelt healing journey through schizophrenia
Director Niels Arden Oplev has written movingly of his intimate knowledge of the mental illness, but this story is soaked in treacly good taste
April 2024
Serious care failings were a factor in son killing his father, coroner in Wales rules
Swansea inquest hears how weak security at psychiatric ward enabled Daniel Harrison to escape and attack father an hour later
March 2024
‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains
Scientists are just starting to discover how extreme heat and weather is linked to neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s and motor neurone disease – and can even affect babies in the womb. What can we do about it?
February 2024
Out in the cold
Pasquale Giorgio asked for help while sleeping rough in Surfers Paradise. The next day he died in a police van
A lack of available housing combined with a gap between policing and the health system can have fatal consequences, experts say
October 2023
Science Weekly
Could AI help diagnose schizophrenia?
Madeleine Finlay meets neuroscientist and psychiatrist Matthew Nour, whose research looks at how AI could help doctors and scientists bring precision to diagnosis of psychiatric conditions
August 2023
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: I was outraged by the risks facing my children – so we moved to the country
Black Caribbean people born in the UK have a higher chance of schizophrenia, and city life is a factor. So when a chance came to live in Somerset, I leapt at it
July 2023
‘We have hope for some breakthroughs’: can we change the way we treat schizophrenia?
When the ants start crawling, yes, I take my antipsychotics – but human touch is also a powerful balm
Eleanor de Jong
May 2023
The definition of mental health has been widened so much that it’s now almost meaningless
Martha Gill
In our newly aware world, serious conditions such as psychosis and schizophrenia are overlooked
April 2023
The Best Minds review – rich examination of madness and the way the west deals with it
Jonathan Rosen’s heart-rending, thoughtful memoir sheds light on his childhood friend’s schizophrenia and attributes his shocking decline to America’s politicised mental health system
February 2023
I found out my mum had schizophrenia when I was 14. Here’s what I wish I’d known
Elfy Scott
‘This feels more like spin-the-bottle than science’: my mission to find a proper diagnosis – and treatment – for my son’s psychosis
January 2023
Failure to check on Laura Winham a sign of ‘systemic’ problems, court told
Social workers did not carry out adequate checks on woman later found dead after three years, coroner hears
Family of woman found ‘mummified’ say privacy laws kept them in the dark
Laura Winham lay dead in her flat for three years before her brother discovered her body
Vulnerable woman lay dead in Surrey flat for more than three years
Laura Winham, 38, had severe mental illnesses and was ‘abandoned’ by NHS and social services, family allege
November 2022
Family of schizophrenic man who killed parents say it was preventable
Gloucestershire hospital staff did not notice William Warrington had absconded for two hours nor tell police he was dangerous
October 2022
Human neurons transplanted into rats to help study brain disorders
Groundbreaking research could throw light on how cells from patients with neuropsychiatric disorders malfunction
September 2022
Australian arts in focus
Jonathan had schizophrenia and died at 24. Now Tom Conroy is playing him on stage
The actor is wowing audiences as Jonathan Blain, the son at the heart of Anne Deveson’s bestselling memoir Tell Me I’m Here. He talks about preparing for such a difficult role
August 2022
The drugs don’t work (and other mental health myths)
Our attitudes to mental health are changing but much of the stigma that surrounds conditions such as schizophrenia remains – along with some enduring and often damaging untruths
