Month: October 2021

Oct 09 2021

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Maternal infection during pregnancy and schizophrenia

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For a few decades now, maternal infection during pregnancy has been considered a plausible risk factor for schizophrenia. The story essentially began in Finland with the publication in 1988 of...

Oct 08 2021

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Fact Check: Can Marijuana Use Induce Schizophrenia?

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Can marijuana cause schizophrenia? While several studies link marijuana to schizophrenia, it’s unclear how. Here’s what we know.

Oct 08 2021

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Schizophrenia: Synaptic dysfunction plays key role

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According to a new study, the imbalance of nerve cell activity responsible for the condition and its associated symptoms may result from the body trying to rebalance excitatory and inhibitory...

Oct 08 2021

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Could outdoor experiences help people with schizophrenia or psychosis?

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With World Mental Health Day on 10 October, researchers at University of Exeter are calling for participants to take part in two studies investigating whether outdoor experiences can help people...

Oct 08 2021

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Tough crowd? Neurons prove difficult to excite in schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia is associated with reduced synaptic gain, while hallucination symptoms are associated with a loss of neural inhibition.

Oct 08 2021

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Schizophrenia diagnosis rises among Black nursing home residents following start of Medicare initiative

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Racial and ethnic disparities in the quality of care nursing home residents receive is a serious and known problem in the United States. To increase overall patient quality of care,...

Oct 07 2021

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Schizophrenia: Synaptic dysfunction plays key role

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According to a new study, the imbalance of nerve cell activity responsible for the condition and its associated symptoms may result from the body trying to rebalance excitatory and inhibitory...

Oct 07 2021

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Tough crowd? Neurons prove difficult to excite in schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia is associated with reduced synaptic gain, while hallucination symptoms are associated with a loss of neural inhibition.

Oct 07 2021

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COURT: Man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when stabbed woman to death

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A man who became convinced that a woman he was having an affair with was an undercover intelligence agent sent to poison him was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when he...

Oct 07 2021

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Maternal infection during pregnancy and schizophrenia

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For a few decades now, maternal infection during pregnancy has been considered a plausible risk factor for schizophrenia. The story essentially began in Finland with the publication in 1988 of...