Support groups, helpful hints and personal profiles from those who have experienced the effects of the disease themselves or through a family member or friend. Each issue will include columns and articles on treatments, medications, and new developments.

Rapid publication of new international research that contributes to the understanding of schizophrenic disorders. The aim is to bring together previously separated biological, clinical and psychological research on this disorder, and stimulate the synthesis of this data into cohesive hypotheses.

Facilitates the dissemination and exchange of information about schizophrenia and provides abstracts of the recent literature on the subject.