🏛 SIRS 2026 Elections – Nominations Open! We’re accepting nominations for: ✨ President-Elect ✨ Board Members (6 positions) ✨ Junior Board Members (3 positions) Help shape the Society’s future. 🗓 Deadline: 28 November 2025 🔗: https://t.co/fs5h3B21Pt #SIRS2026

👉New Article Collection! We are proud to highlight our new article collection, Pathways to prevention: background and methodology for the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Program @SIRSGlobal

One Day Left! ⏳ Submit your Symposium proposal for SIRS 2026 before 6 November! 📍 Florence, Italy | 25–29 March 2026 Help shape the scientific program & share your research globally. 🔗 https://t.co/u4ZMVaglZ3 #SIRS2026 #SchizophreniaResearch #GlobalScience

A study of 356 patients identified three schizophrenia subtypes—distress, negative, and low symptom—based on PANSS profiles. These subtypes differ in emotion, cognition, and functioning. Brain imaging revealed a gradient of cortical volume loss, greatest in the negative subtype,

🏆 SIRS Honorific Awards 🏆Help us recognize leaders who have made outstanding contributions to schizophrenia research. 🗓 Nominations close 4 December 2025. 🔗 Learn More: https://t.co/e6pvDI3X7V 🔗 Submit: https://t.co/SHJVjQBFjL

Jensen Gert, writing from lived experience, reflects on how sedative side effects can cause a loss of emotional cognition—sometimes leading to an intentional rejection of antipsychotic medication. His perspective highlights the importance of empathy, understanding, and

In Clinical High Risk (CHR) research, how participants are recruited matters. Recruitment sources influence sex, age, and clinical profiles, shaping the heterogeneity seen across CHR studies. Accounting for these differences is crucial when interpreting findings. 🔗 Article:

Last year’s Annual Congress was full of energy, connection, and inspiring research 💡 This year, we’re coming together again in Florence, 25-29 March 2026 to learn from each other, share discoveries, and build community. Join us! 🔗 Register: https://t.co/u4ZMVaglZ3 #SIRS2026

New research explores how childhood trauma and violence intersect in schizophrenia. Findings suggest reduced functional connectivity between the orbitofrontal and temporal brain regions mediates this relationship. These areas may be promising neural targets for trauma-related

Deadline Extended! 📢 Symposia submissions for #SIRS2026 now close 6 November. 📍 Florence, Italy | 25–29 Mar 2026 Submit your proposal & help shape the scientific program. 🔗 https://t.co/u4ZMVaglZ3

Babies of mothers with psychotic disorders show slower fetal head growth in late pregnancy and lower birthweight, even when head size at birth is similar. 🍼 New study (van Houtum et al., 2025, Schizophrenia Bulletin) highlights early neurodevelopmental risk markers. 🔗

New review (Toh et al., 2025, Schizophrenia): 👂 Hearing voices is just one part of a bigger picture—altered perceptual experiences across sight, sound & other senses occur in psychotic, mood & anxiety disorders. Shaped by trauma & cognition, they call for broader, lived &

“Rejection makes me suspicious.” 🧠 New 7-day experience sampling study (Bagrowska & Gawęda, 2025, Schizophrenia Bulletin Open) shows paranoia and social rejection reinforce each other in real time—forming self-perpetuating emotional loops that highlight targets for early

Brief videos can reduce stigma toward people with psychosis! 🎥 Secondary analysis of 6 RCTs (Jankowski et al., 2025, Schizophrenia Bulletin) with 6,946 US youth shows <3-min social contact videos shift attitudes & intentions, with slightly stronger effects when viewer &

📢 One week left! Symposia submissions for #SIRS2026 close 23 Oct. 📍 Florence, Italy | 25–29 Mar 2026 Submit your proposal & help shape the scientific program. 🔗 https://t.co/u4ZMVaglZ3

Schizophrenia isn’t just in the brain. 🧠💔🦴 New study (Xie et al., 2025, Schizophrenia) maps shared genetic links between SCZ and heart, bone & abdominal organ imaging traits—revealing its truly systemic nature and new therapeutic targets. 🔗 https://t.co/sq9eXJOjl1

New review addressing the knowledge gap between voice hearing in psychosis and perceptual experiences in other sensory modalities with overview of voices and altered perceptual experiences across psychotic, mood and anxiety disorders @SIRSGlobal

Reminder! Due Tomorrow SMRI seeks proposals for biological treatment trials to improve symptoms in schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Submit a 350-word summary by 15 Oct 2025. #ResearchFunding #ClinicalTrials #SMRI More Information:

💚 Today is World Mental Health Day. Nearly 1 in 7 people worldwide experience a mental health condition (WHO, 2025), yet many still face barriers to support. This day reminds us to: 🔹 Advocate for access to mental health resources 🔹 Encourage understanding and inclusion 🔹

📢 Today is the deadline! Don’t miss your chance to apply for the SIRS Research Fund Award. 🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/w0JfsspKNM #SIRS2026 #SchizophreniaResearch #ResearchFunding #EarlyCareerResearchers