Hallucinations : Science World Report

Dec 02, 2016 03:20 AM EST

Just One Dose Of This Magic Mushroom Drug Eases Depression Among Cancer Patients

A banned substance found in "magic mushroom" shows promise in reducing depression and anxiety among cancer patients.

Oct 18, 2016 04:40 AM EDT

Scientists Induces Visual Hallucinations In Healthy People Without Using Drugs, Here's How

Although visual hallucinations are often experienced by people with disorders such as Schizophrenia or Parkinson's disease, visual hallucinations in healthy individuals suggests these complex experiences share a common underlying mechanism with normal visual perception.

Nov 18, 2015 07:21 PM EST

What Brain Changes Cause Someone With Schizophrenia To Hallucinate?

A brain wrinkle found in the frontal lobes may be responsible for hallucinations in some cases of schizophrenia, according to a recent study.

Sep 21, 2015 05:38 PM EDT

Schizophrenia Genes Unlock Treatment For Disorder

Researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) have linked the abnormal of the genes (BDNF and DTNBP1) to underlying links of schizophrenia, a disabling brain disorder that's estimated to affect anywhere between 200,000 to 3 million in the United States annually. Symptoms of th...

May 27, 2015 04:17 PM EDT

Delusions, Hallucinations Are More Common Than Once Thought

Have you ever been told that someone might be dealing with hallucinations or delusions? Though it might seem rare, new findings published in JAMA Psychiatry tell us that these issues are a bit more common than once thought.