Month: August 2022

Aug 07 2022

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Similarity between schizophrenia and dementia discovered for the first time

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Researchers have, for the first time, compared schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia—disorders that are both located in the frontal and temporal lobe regions of the brain. The idea can be traced...

Aug 07 2022

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LAIAs Safer, More Effective Than Oral Antipsychotics for Schizophrenia

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Although some clinicians are hesitant to prescribe long-acting injectables for schizophrenia, new research suggests they’re superior to oral antipsychotics in preventing relapse ― and they’re safer.

Aug 07 2022

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People With Schizophrenia Are Uniquely Vulnerable to COVID

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When compared to other psychiatric diagnoses, rates of poor outcome after COVID-19 infection are higher in people with schizophrenia. Improved communication about the benefits of vaccination and …

Aug 07 2022

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We Might Be Treating Schizophrenia All Wrong

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For more than 70 years, doctors treated the symptoms of schizophrenia—delusions, hallucinations, cognitive impairments—with antipsychotic medications. Prevailing theories suggest that elevated …

Aug 06 2022

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The Importance of Sexual Health in People with Schizophrenia

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Cultural myth leads us to believe the sexual health of patients with schizophrenia is unimportant. Data show the contrary is true, given the high rates of STI and sexual dysfunction....

Aug 06 2022

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LAIAs Safer, More Effective Than Oral Antipsychotics for Schizophrenia

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Although some clinicians are hesitant to prescribe long-acting injectables for schizophrenia, new research suggests they’re superior to oral antipsychotics in preventing relapse ― and they’re safer.

Aug 06 2022

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Similarity between schizophrenia and dementia discovered for the first time

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Researchers have, for the first time, compared schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia—disorders that are both located in the frontal and temporal lobe regions of the brain. The idea can be traced...

Aug 06 2022

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People With Schizophrenia Are Uniquely Vulnerable to COVID

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When compared to other psychiatric diagnoses, rates of poor outcome after COVID-19 infection are higher in people with schizophrenia. Improved communication about the benefits of vaccination and …

Aug 06 2022

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We Might Be Treating Schizophrenia All Wrong

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For more than 70 years, doctors treated the symptoms of schizophrenia—delusions, hallucinations, cognitive impairments—with antipsychotic medications. Prevailing theories suggest that elevated …

Aug 05 2022

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Similarity between schizophrenia and dementia discovered for the first time

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Researchers have, for the first time, compared schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia—disorders that are both located in the frontal and temporal lobe regions of the brain. The idea can be traced...