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Personalized Treatment For Intellectual Disability Developed

... sporadic intellectual disability and are associated with schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. Early estimates suggest that ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2015 - 9:30am - 0 attachments

What Is The Insanity Defense?

... got a familiarity with depression. I mean psychosis and schizophrenia are a little bit more difficult to come to terms with unless ... A lawyer noted: The usual ones would be paranoia, schizophrenia, dissociation. Defense counsel Patrick Tehan commented: ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 26 2014 - 2:10pm - 0 attachments

Mental Illnesses Run In Families, So How Can We Protect Children?

... of psychological disorders, including depression , schizophrenia , anxiety , and personality disorders , a large slice of ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 19 2014 - 12:55pm - 0 attachments

Is Schizophrenia A Real Illness?

Shifting descriptions of schizophrenia. Shutterstock By Huw Green , City University of New ... the traditional language used to describe psychosis and schizophrenia, the British Psychological Society (BPS) has launched an update ... seems to cast doubt on many received wisdoms about schizophrenia, even questioning whether it is an illness. So what is ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 29 2014 - 8:00am - 0 attachments

Assertive Female Sexuality Is Often Pathologized

... and the other a musical prodigy. Both suffer from schizophrenia, yet their condition is no way linked to their sexuality. If ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 11 2014 - 6:00pm - 0 attachments

Designer Babies: Screening For Intelligence Is A Long Way Off

... in one single gene. The idea that we could screen for schizophrenia, either type of diabetes, heart disease or high blood pressure is ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Nov 3 2014 - 2:46pm - 0 attachments

Aspirin, Anti-Inflammatory Medicine, Benefits Schizophrenia Treatment

... and Fluimucil can improve the efficacy of existing schizophrenia treatments, according to results announced at the European ... helping the immune system may benefit the treatment of schizophrenia, but until now there has been no conclusive evidence that this ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2014 - 10:33am - 0 attachments

Gene Duplications Associated With Autism, Schizophrenia Evolved In Last 250,000 Years

... of the leading candidates for genetic causes of autism, schizophrenia, and other conditions. A new study finds that a genetic ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2014 - 10:52am - 0 attachments

For People With Schizophrenia, Working Memory Hinders Learning

... memory as a cause of learning difficulties in people with schizophrenia. Working memory is known to be affected in 1 percent of the population who have schizophrenia , but it has been unclear whether that has a specific role in ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2014 - 8:31am - 0 attachments

Clearing Up Confusion Between Correlation And Causation

... compelling correlations, say between given genes and schizophrenia or between a high fat diet and heart disease, may turn out ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 25 2014 - 7:30am - 0 attachments