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Antipsychotic Drugs Linked To Reduced Brain Volume

... a measurable, decrease in brain volume in patients with schizophrenia. The research say this is the first time research has been ... Researchers have known for some time that patients with schizophrenia lose brain volume at a faster rate than healthy individuals, ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2014 - 4:31pm - 0 attachments

Sleep Deprived? That's What Psychosis Is Like

... healthy people to a condition similar to the symptoms of schizophrenia, which could serve as a model system for the development of drugs ... and delusions. The chronic form is referred to as schizophrenia, which likewise involves thought disorders and misperceptions. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2014 - 2:58pm - 0 attachments

Study Implicates Smog In Autism And Schizophrenia

... of the brain that is seen in humans who have autism and schizophrenia, and that led them to conclude that smog causes autism . ... which is also seen in humans with autism and schizophrenia. Most air pollution is made up mainly of carbon particles that ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2014 - 7:00am - 0 attachments

Genes That Increase Schizophrenia Also Implicated In Cannabis Use

... studies have suggested a link between cannabis use and schizophrenia, but it has remained unclear whether this association is due to ... in the world, and its use is higher amongst people with schizophrenia than in the general population. Schizophrenia affects ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2014 - 10:00am - 0 attachments

Springer Journal Blames Schizophrenia on Demons

...   M. Kemal Irmak's paper   "Schizophrenia or Possession?" discusses the devastating symptoms of schizophrenia, current treatment approaches, and the nature of the delusions ...

Cool Link - Hank Campbell - Jun 17 2014 - 8:42am - 0 attachments

Lousy Gambler? It May Be In Your Genes, Say Marketing Academics

... psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, including schizophrenia, depression and dementia. Dopamine is a common target for ... behavior. When people talk about dopamine dysfunction, schizophrenia is one of the first diseases that come to mind. "To the ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2014 - 3:18pm - 0 attachments

Gun Violence And Mental Illness: What's The Story?

... of Medicine and lead author of the study. "But even if schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression were cured, our society's ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2014 - 10:05am - 0 attachments

Brain Circuit Problem Likely Sets Stage For The 'voices' That Are Symptom Of Schizophrenia

... to hearing the "voices" that are a common symptom of schizophrenia. The work appears in the June 6 issue of the journal Science . ... hallucinations, delusions and other psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia. The disease is a chronic, devastating brain disorder that ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 7 2014 - 11:39pm - 0 attachments

Uncovering Clues To The Genetic Cause Of Schizophrenia

... mutation—influences an individual's risk of developing schizophrenia, as well as its severity, according to a discovery by Columbia ... implications for the early detection and treatment of schizophrenia. Maria Karayiorgou, MD, professor of psychiatry and Joseph ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2014 - 1:25pm - 0 attachments

Brain Change: Cerebral Blood Flow Different By Gender Beginning At Puberty

... and anxiety disorders, and higher risk of flat affect and schizophrenia in men. Source: University of Pennsylvania ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2014 - 8:52am - 0 attachments