Some early-stage schizophrenics may have a brain region that is smaller than average. Interestingly they found no association between thalamic volumes and treatment or symptom severity. Despite affecting around one in every thousand people, and costing the US alone 35 to 40 billion dollars a year, schizophrenia is a poorly understood psychiatric condition.
Recent advances suggest that it is more than a simple disturbance in neurotransmission.
Yet explaining its diversity of symptoms involving cognition and emotion is still a major challenge. All rights reserved.