September 2022 – Page 6

Sep 22 2022

CADTH Recommendation to Not Reimburse New Treatment a Failure for People Living with Schizophrenia

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The Schizophrenia Society of Canada (SSC) is joined by the schizophrenia community across Canada in its disappointment with the final recommendation by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies …

Sep 21 2022

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Novel Combo for Schizophrenia Succeeds in Phase III Trial

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The investigational combination xanomeline-trospium (KarXT) succeeded in improving positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia in the phase III EMERGENT-2 trial. Meeting its primary endpoint, …

Sep 21 2022

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Woman with schizophrenia acquitted of murder of daughter, to be confined: report

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A woman who killed her daughter after hearing voices saying that she was an evil spirit was acquitted of murder after being found to be of unsound mind.

Sep 21 2022

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Being of Two Minds About Schizophrenia

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The diagnosis of schizophrenia is in decline. Psychiatric classification systems seem to be shifting from categories to spectrums. The diagnosis of schizophrenia has become a matter of perspective.

Sep 21 2022

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Mother with schizophrenia acquitted of murder after stabbing 8-year-old daughter to death

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A 35-year-old woman was suffering from schizophrenia, which went untreated for years, when she stabbed her eight-year-old daughter to death last year, a court heard on Tuesday (Sept 20).

Sep 21 2022

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Excitatory brain stimulation protocols beneficial in schizophrenia

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Excitatory noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) interventions over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex are associated with improvement in the severity of negative symptoms in schizophrenia, …

Sep 20 2022

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