Psychiatry Research

Early detection of schizophrenia

Inhibited temperament — a tendency to respond to novelty with wariness, fear or caution — may be a risk factor for schizophrenia that could be targeted for preventative interventions.

Face recognition and social anxiety

An inability to recognize faces may be an important mechanism underlying social inhibition and may contribute to, or maintain, social anxiety.

A view of brain function in disease

Vanderbilt investigators report the first use of a specialized type of MRI to study the hippocampus in patients with schizophrenia.