Month: October 2021

Oct 24 2021

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A Racial Disparity in Schizophrenia Diagnoses in Nursing Homes

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Diagnoses for the disorder have soared in the past decade, driven in part by a loophole in regulations. A new study shows the impact has been more severe for Black...

Oct 24 2021

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Meta-Analysis Finds No Support for Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia

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A new meta-analysis of data from individuals at high risk for schizophrenia finds no evidence for the dopamine hypothesis.

Oct 23 2021

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CDC adds depression, schizophrenia to list of underlying health conditions for severe COVID-19; eligible to get booster shot

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added depression and schizophrenia to the list of underlying health conditions that would put someone at a higher risk for severe COVID-19.

Oct 23 2021

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Linking sleep disturbance with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia

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Using wrist accelerometers to generate data about sleep, researchers identified associations between sleep properties and mental health conditions.

Oct 23 2021

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Paternal Factors and Schizophrenia Risk: De Novo Mutations and Imprinting

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There is a strong genetic component for schizophrenia risk, but it is unclear how the illness is maintained in the population given the significantly reduced fertility of those with the...

Oct 23 2021

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Meta-Analysis Finds No Support for Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia

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A new meta-analysis of data from individuals at high risk for schizophrenia finds no evidence for the dopamine hypothesis.

Oct 23 2021

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A Racial Disparity in Schizophrenia Diagnoses in Nursing Homes

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Diagnoses for the disorder have soared in the past decade, driven in part by a loophole in regulations. A new study shows the impact has been more severe for Black...

Oct 22 2021

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A Racial Disparity in Schizophrenia Diagnoses in Nursing Homes

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Diagnoses for the disorder have soared in the past decade, driven in part by a loophole in regulations. A new study shows the impact has been more severe for Black...

Oct 22 2021

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Schizophrenia susceptibility alleles are enriched for alleles that affect gene expression in adult human brain

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It is widely thought that alleles that influence susceptibility to common diseases, including schizophrenia, will frequently do so through effects on gene expression. Since only a small proportion of …

Oct 22 2021

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Paternal Factors and Schizophrenia Risk: De Novo Mutations and Imprinting

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There is a strong genetic component for schizophrenia risk, but it is unclear how the illness is maintained in the population given the significantly reduced fertility of those with the...