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Anti-Psychotic Drug Use In The Elderly Increases Despite Drug Safety Warnings
August 25, 2008 — Three regulatory warnings of serious adverse events slowed the growth of use of atypical antipsychotic drugs among elderly patients with dementia, but they did not reduce the overall prescription ... > full story -
Acute Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Linked To Development Of Schizophrenia
August 20, 2008 — Pregnant women who endure the psychological stress of being in a war zone are more likely to give birth to a child who develops schizophrenia. Research published in the open access journal BMC ... > full story -
Molecular Switch Boosts Brain Activity Associated With Schizophrenia
August 14, 2008 — People with schizophrenia have an alteration in a pattern of brain electrical activity associated with learning and memory. Now, researchers have identified in mouse brain tissue a molecular switch ... > full story -
Schizophrenia: Costly By-Product Of Human Brain Evolution?
August 4, 2008 — Metabolic changes responsible for the evolution of our unique cognitive abilities indicate that the brain may have been pushed to the limit of its capabilities. Research published today in BioMed ... > full story -
Estrogen Relieves Psychotic Symptoms In Women With Schizophrenia
August 4, 2008 — When combined with antipsychotic medications, the estrogen estradiol appears to be a useful treatment in women with schizophrenia, according to a new ... > full story -
Schizophrenia Researchers Welcome New Blood
August 1, 2008 — Researchers from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute are set to conduct a world-first trial into the link between prenatal vitamin D levels and schizophrenia ... > full story -
Advances In The Field Of Schizophrenia Research: New Genetic Factors Identified
July 30, 2008 — Scientists have successfully identified genetic factors associated with schizophrenia. These findings could represent a decisive step towards understanding the causes of this severe mental disorder ... > full story -
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Increased Burden Of Rare Genetic Variations Found In Schizophrenia
July 30, 2008 — People with schizophrenia bear an "increased burden" of rare deletions and duplications of genetic material, genome-wide, say researchers. Although many of us have these changes in our genetic ... > full story -
Partially Shared Genetic Profile Between Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
July 17, 2008 — Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be disabling conditions, and both present clinically with significant mood and psychotic symptoms. These two illnesses also share genetic variants that ... > full story -
Using Genetics To Improve Traditional Psychiatric Diagnoses
July 17, 2008 — Psychiatry has begun the laborious effort of preparing the DSM-V, the new iteration of its diagnostic manual. In so doing, it once again wrestles with the task set by Carl Linnaeus, to "cleave nature ... > full story
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