Month: January 2022

Jan 31 2022

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New Link Between Schizophrenia and Brain Over-Activity Identified

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Researchers raise the possibility of more targeted treatments for schizophrenia after they demonstrated how over-activity in the hippocampus is linked to some symptoms of the condition.

Jan 31 2022

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Care for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Plunged During Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic brought big care disruptions for those suffering from severe mental illness, a study suggested. In a population-based study of Medicare beneficiaries with schizophrenia or …

Jan 31 2022

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With Intent to Harm: The CIA, Schizophrenia and Denmark’s Children

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It has become common fare to read ghoulish stories of child abuse in institutions supposedly created to care for the vulnerable.

Jan 31 2022

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Author Grace Cho Shares Her Mother’s Story of Developing Schizophrenia at 45: ‘I Was Terrified’

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A few years back, College of Staten Island sociology professor Grace Cho approached her mid-40s with trepidation. Her late mother Koonja had been 45 years old when she began exhibiting...

Jan 31 2022

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Schizophrenia, bipolar I patients experience cognitive decline

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(HealthDay)—Schizophrenia and bipolar I patients experience cognitive decline through adulthood, although the nature of this decline varies across disorders and cognitive functions, according to a …

Jan 30 2022

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Care for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Plunged During Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic brought big care disruptions for those suffering from severe mental illness, a study suggested. In a population-based study of Medicare beneficiaries with schizophrenia or …

Jan 30 2022

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My care regimen for my schizophrenia isn’t just crucial to my health — also saves me hundreds of dollars a year

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By being proactive about caring for her paranoid schizophrenia and making lifestyle changes, she’s found that she saves hundreds of dollars each year.

Jan 30 2022

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Author Grace Cho Shares Her Mother’s Story of Developing Schizophrenia at 45: ‘I Was Terrified’

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A few years back, College of Staten Island sociology professor Grace Cho approached her mid-40s with trepidation. Her late mother Koonja had been 45 years old when she began exhibiting...

Jan 30 2022

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Schizophrenia, bipolar I patients experience cognitive decline

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(HealthDay)—Schizophrenia and bipolar I patients experience cognitive decline through adulthood, although the nature of this decline varies across disorders and cognitive functions, according to a …

Jan 30 2022

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Updates on ECT for Schizophrenia

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Electroconvulsive therapy was initially utilized as a treatment for schizophrenia. However, it has become more commonly used in treatment-resistant depression since the introduction of antipsychotics …