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Twin Study Reveals Epigenetic Alterations of Psychiatric Disorders
September 21, 2011 — In the first study to systematically investigate genome-wide epigenetic differences in a large number of psychosis discordant twin-pairs, new research provides further evidence that epigenetic ... > full story -
Common Genetic Contributions to Mental Illness Discovered
September 19, 2011 — This study of more than 50,000 adults ages 18 and older provides new molecular evidence that 11 DNA regions in the human genome have strong association with these diseases, including six regions not ... > full storyMore: -
Bidirectional Relationship Between Schizophrenia and Epilepsy, Study Finds
September 19, 2011 — Researchers from Taiwan have confirmed a bidirectional relation between schizophrenia and epilepsy. The study reports that patients with epilepsy were nearly eight times more likely to develop ... > full story -
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Mutation Links Inherited Narcolepsy With Multiple Neuropsychiatric Disorders
September 8, 2011 — Narcolepsy is a rare disorder characterized by an excessive urge to sleep at inappropriate times and places. Narcoleptics are also often subject to "cataplexy," a sudden muscle weakness that is ... > full story -
Major Brain Similarities Found in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia
August 25, 2011 — Researchers have conducted a study which has found striking brain similarities in bipolar disorder and ... > full story -
Building a Better Antipsychotic Drug by Treating Schizophrenia's Cause: How Drugs Act on Dopamine-Producing Neurons
August 24, 2011 — Researchers have discovered that antipsychotic drugs work akin to a Rube Goldberg machine -- that is, they suppress something that in turn suppresses the bad effects of schizophrenia, but not the ... > full story -
Psychiatrists Failing to Adequately Monitor Patients for Metabolic Side-Effects of Prescribed Drugs, UK Study Suggests
August 9, 2011 — People treated in psychiatric settings are receiving inadequate medical monitoring following high risk antipsychotic medication, UK study ... > full story -
Mutations Not Inherited from Parents Cause More Than Half the Cases of Schizophrenia
August 7, 2011 — Researchers have shown that new, or "de novo," protein-altering mutations -- genetic errors that are present in patients but not in their parents -- play a role in more than 50 percent of "sporadic" ... > full story -
Use of Antipsychotics for Reducing Military-Related Chronic PTSD Symptoms Does Not Appear Effective
August 2, 2011 — Patients with military-related, chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and symptoms that were not improved with use of an antidepressant medication did not experience a reduction in PTSD ... > full story -
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Cancer Drugs May Help Treatment of Schizophrenia
July 20, 2011 — Researchers have revealed the molecular pathway that is affected during the onset of schizophrenia and successfully alleviated symptoms of the illness in mice, using a commonly used cancer ... > full story
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