She had schizophrenia for decades — then suddenly she didn’t

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<p>When Christine was 9, her mother began having delusions that upended their family&rsquo;s life. Her mother was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia, but treatments had no effect. Nearly two decades later, after she started medication for cancer, her psychosis suddenly vanished. In the <a href="https://apple.news/A2Ins4MUySuCgfcBalXzT_g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>New Yorker</em></a>, staff writer Rachel Aviv tells this remarkable story &mdash; and what it reveals about how schizophrenia is diagnosed and treated. The piece was selected as an Apple News Story of the Month. Aviv spoke with <em>Apple News In Conversation</em> host Shumita Basu about how evolving science is challenging long-held beliefs about schizophrenia and its causes.</p>