Month: May 2022

May 17 2022

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Missing the Early Warning Signs: My Son’s Journey with Schizophrenia

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As a mother and a psychologist, I often wondered why I did not identify my son’s early symptoms of schizophrenia. The difficulty for me, like most parents, is that early...

May 17 2022

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Probe of DNA repeats reveals genetic link to schizophrenia

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Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have found that repeated DNA sequences in the genome may contribute to an individual’s...

May 17 2022

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Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorder: What to Know

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People with schizophrenia have much higher rates of substance use disorders – including alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine – than the general population. One study found 47% of people with...

May 17 2022

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Schizophrenia and Food: Do Keto and Gluten-Free Diets Help?

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If you or a loved one has schizophrenia, you may have already struggled with finding medications that work to relieve symptoms. About one-third of people aren’t helped by antipsychotic drugs,...

May 17 2022

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Flawed FDA safety requirements are hamstringing a highly effective treatment for severe schizophrenia

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That the FDA has mandated such a flawed risk mitigation approach for so long without more opposition from within medicine speaks to the extreme marginalization of people with schizophrenia in...

May 16 2022

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Probe of DNA repeats reveals genetic link to schizophrenia

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Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have found that repeated DNA sequences in the genome may contribute to an individual’s...

May 16 2022

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Schizophrenia and Substance Use Disorder: What to Know

by Clinical Editor

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People with schizophrenia have much higher rates of substance use disorders – including alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and cocaine – than the general population. One study found 47% of people with...

May 16 2022

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Schizophrenia and Food: Do Keto and Gluten-Free Diets Help?

by Clinical Editor

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If you or a loved one has schizophrenia, you may have already struggled with finding medications that work to relieve symptoms. About one-third of people aren’t helped by antipsychotic drugs,...

May 16 2022

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Repeated DNA sequences in the genome may contribute to schizophrenia risk

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Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have found that repeated DNA sequences in the genome may contribute to an individual’s...

May 16 2022

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Flawed FDA safety requirements are hamstringing a highly effective treatment for severe schizophrenia

by Clinical Editor

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That the FDA has mandated such a flawed risk mitigation approach for so long without more opposition from within medicine speaks to the extreme marginalization of people with schizophrenia in...