For patients with schizophrenia, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was effective and safe in treating auditory verbal hallucinations, according to a randomized sham-controlled trial.

Auditory hallucinations, defined as the perception of sounds or voices without external stimuli, are a core symptom in many psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia. Recent developments have ...

Interventions for auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia should be coordinated with patients to fit their needs. Auditory hallucinations, or “hearing voices,” is one of the most prevalent symptoms ...

For decades, scientists have suspected that the voices heard by people with schizophrenia might be their own inner speech gone awry. Now, researchers have found brainwave evidence showing exactly how ...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is both safe and effective for treating nonexistent spoken voices heard by patients with schizophrenia, new research showed. In a randomized, sham ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Brain mapping reveals the circuitry involved in distinguishing self-generated sounds from external noises, advancing our understanding of human speech and auditory hallucinations. Have you ever ...

Psychosis is popularly portrayed as visual hallucinations and paranoid delusions (e.g., "A Beautiful Mind," "Shutter Island"). Psychotic conditions, like schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, actually ...