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Schizophrenia Research
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One in Five Young Adults Has Mental Health Disorder Almost one in five people between the ages of 19 and 25 suffers from a personality disorder such as social anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder, though few seek help. Continue reading One in Five Young Adults Has Mental Health Disorder
Stress In Early Pregnancy Linked to Schizophrenia Mothers who experience severely distressful events such as a natural disaster, war-related events or the loss of a loved one early in pregnancy may have offspring with increased predisposition to schizophrenia. Continue reading Stress In Early Pregnancy Linked to Schizophrenia
Regular Cannabis Use Doubles Schizophrenia Risk As many as one in seven cases of schizophrenia may be triggered by cannabis use, suggests new Australian research. Continue reading Regular Cannabis Use Doubles Schizophrenia Risk
New Evidence for Environmental Schizophrenia Causes A study of Swedish health records finds evidence supporting an "infectious hypothesis" of schizophrenia development, linking the disorder to viral infections in childhood. Continue reading New Evidence for Environmental Schizophrenia Causes
New Research Pinpoints Risk for Psychotic Disorders Teens who display a combination of symptoms such as paranoia and social withdrawal have a 68 to 80 percent chance of developing a psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia, reports a government-funded study released yesterday. Continue reading New Research Pinpoints Risk for Psychotic Disorders
Hearing "Messages" May Foreshadow Schizophrenia Reported in this month's British Journal of Psychiatry a study by researchers at Yale University has found that hearing "messages" embedded in other vocalizations may be an indicator of potential schizophrenia. Continue reading Hearing "Messages" May Foreshadow Schizophrenia
PsychBriefs: October 14-20, 2007 Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Continue reading PsychBriefs: October 14-20, 2007
New Evidence For Progressive Theory Of Schizophrenia Since the naming of schizophrenia, experts have argued about its course: Is it a structurally progressively disease or are its symptoms the result of existing lesional damage to the brain, perhaps present from birth? While the dominant theories support the ... Continue reading New Evidence For Progressive Theory Of Schizophrenia
Brain Scans May Aid Early Detection of Schizophrenia Recently released findings show that reductions of gray matter in the brain identifiable through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are linked to an elevated risk of schizophrenia. For the last ten years, University of Ediburgh scientists have been tracking ... Continue reading Brain Scans May Aid Early Detection of Schizophrenia
Broken Home Doubles Chance of Schizophrenia Whether the separation is due to death or divorce, children from broken homes are twice as likely to develop schizophrenia, a British study shows. Odds further increase when a parent dies or is absent for a year or more. The study further showed that Carib... Continue reading Broken Home Doubles Chance of Schizophrenia
One in Three Mentally Ill Patients Return to Hospital Within a Year A study of mentally ill Canadian patients found that 37 percent re-entered the hospital within one year. Older adults, patients with personality disorders such as schizophrenia and people who had originally had a long-term stay were most likely to be readmi... Continue reading One in Three Mentally Ill Patients Return to Hospital Within a Year
Depression, Low Self-Esteem Worsen Schizophrenia Symptoms British researchers studying 100 schizophrenic patients who had recently experienced a relapse into psychosis found that depression, low self-esteem and negative views about others contribute to more severe auditory and persecutory hallucinations. Patients... Continue reading Depression, Low Self-Esteem Worsen Schizophrenia Symptoms
Study: Second-Generation Antipsychotics Show No Advantages in Treating Schizophrenia A study by Britain's National Health Service has shown second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs), thought to be better at treating schizophrenia with fewer adverse effects, to be no more effective than less expensive first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs). T... Continue reading Study: Second-Generation Antipsychotics Show No Advantages in Treating Schizophrenia
Music Therapy Eases Schizophrenia Symptoms British researchers have found that encouraging patients to express themselves musically can improve the mental health of individuals living with schizophrenia. One hundred fifteen patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to a group receiving eit... Continue reading Music Therapy Eases Schizophrenia Symptoms
Gene Linked to Schizophrenia Susceptibility Scientists at UCLA have found that female infants possessing a specific immune gene closely resembling their mothers' are more susceptible to developing schizophrenia later in life. Continue reading Gene Linked to Schizophrenia Susceptibility |
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