Here’s an article about some new discoveries and potential drug treatment for schizophrenia –

The ambition is to untangle many of the baffling genetic and
biochemical threads driving the developmental brain disorder. While
there are many scientific tacks to take, Shannon Weickert’s search is
shaped by her expertise in brain development.

“I think of mechanisms that change with adolescence,” she explains.
What changes? Hormones, of course, such as the so-called female hormone
estrogen. That “of course” moment led Shannon Weickert and colleagues
to look for genes implicated in estrogen’s business in the brain.

They hit paydirt.

read the rest here –
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24108807-23289,00.html