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International Collaboration led by Dr. Pablo V. Gejman,Researcher At NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Research Institute, Finds Genetic Asso
The July 1, 2009 advance online edition of the journal Nature includes three companion papers describing the results of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is an elusive and severe psychiatric disorder that affects up to 70 million people worldwide. The causes of schizophrenia remain largely unknown and there is no cure, though for some individuals the current treatments work well. There are multiple factors that increase the risk for schizophrenia, of which genetic factors are the most prominent, though not precisely identified yet. This highlights the need for a better understanding of the pathways leading to schizophrenia to enable development of better treatments.
How Can Astrology Help Your Health?
For the skeptics, there is medical research to prove certain illness are common in individuals born in particular months of the year An example is schizophrenia
An Educator's Guide To Student Mental Health
During the course of a school year, even a school day, teachers spend more time than anyone else with adolescents and teens And since the average age of onset for serious mental illnesses (including depression, panic and anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia) is seventeen, teachers are likely the first to recognize subtle changes in a young person developing a disease of the brain
CME Outfitters Announces neuroscienceCME Journal Club: "Adherence and Early Predictors of Response: Tools for Individualizing Treatment in Schizophren
CME Outfitters announces an upcoming neuroscienceCME activity titled "Adherence and Early Predictors of Response: Tools for Individualizing Treatment in Schizophrenia." Offered as an on-demand webcast accompanied by three live question and answer sessions, the activity will provide mental healthcare practitioners with the most recent data and clinical implications related to optimizing maintenance therapy in schizophrenia. The on-demand webcast and first live Q&A session will premiere on Monday, October 6, 2008.
Off-label Medicine Combinations are Predominant Treatment of Schizophrenics According to PLoS Article
In a new paper published in the online open-access journal PLoS ONE, http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003150, David Pickar and colleagues of Gabriel Sciences report that 74.5% of 200 community-based schizophrenic patients, who were individually interviewed and evaluated (including a review of clinical records), were treated with off-label medication treatments. Specifically, 42.5% of subjects reported that they were simultaneously treated with more than one antipsychotic drug, an unapproved treatment for schizophrenia.
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Mental Illness Comprises 14% of Global Disease Burden
According to The Lancet "Series on Global Mental Health", neuropsychiatric disorders make up 14% of the global disease burden. Because mental illness is so debilitating, it contributes more to the global burden than heart disease, stroke, or cancer. Neuropsychiatric disorders include depression, psychoses like anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, eating disorders, Alzheimer's disease, in addition to substance and alcohol use disorders.
Study Reveals White Matter Changes in Schizophrenia
People recently diagnosed with schizophrenia have abnormalities in a specific area of the brain?s white matter. The study, published this month in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, suggests that brain signals passing through the temporal lobe may get ?crossed? and lead to some of the symptoms associated with schizophrenia.
Writer Discovers Cure for Schizophrenia, Depression and Other Mental Illnesses
Christina Sponias, a literary writer, discovers how to prevent and cure mental illness due to severe neurosis, psychosis and other mental disorders, by continuing the pioneering research of famed psychiatrist Carl Jung into the unmapped regions of the human psyche. Sponias' method of dream interpretation is easy to use and has immediate, positive results for patients who suffer from simple depression or neurosis.
An Educator's Guide To Student Mental Health
During the course of a school year, even a school day, teachers spend more time than anyone else with adolescents and teens And since the average age of onset for serious mental illnesses (including depression, panic and anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia) is seventeen, teachers are likely the first to recognize subtle changes in a young person developing a disease of the brain
National Disability Lawyers Utilize SEO to Launch New Social Security Disability Website
Berry and Associates has hired TwentySix2 Marketing to provide search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) services for Nationaldisabilitylawyer.com. The site helps disability claimants seeking information about (SSDI and SSI disability) benefits and offers information for those that suffer from bipolar disorder, breast cancer, congestive heart failure (CHF), cardiac obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Crohns disease, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), chronic depression, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, retinopathy, kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, MS (multiple sclerosis), Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia .
International Collaboration led by Dr. Pablo V. Gejman,Researcher At NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Research Institute, Finds Genetic Asso
The July 1, 2009 advance online edition of the journal Nature includes three companion papers describing the results of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is an elusive and severe psychiatric disorder that affects up to 70 million people worldwide. The causes of schizophrenia remain largely unknown and there is no cure, though for some individuals the current treatments work well. There are multiple factors that increase the risk for schizophrenia, of which genetic factors are the most prominent, though not precisely identified yet. This highlights the need for a better understanding of the pathways leading to schizophrenia to enable development of better treatments.
A Medical Professional Explains How Caffeine Causes ADHD, Mental Illness and More
Ruth Whalen, a medical professional in Massachusetts, survived a 24-year-course of medical misdiagnoses and caffeine poisoning. Turning her harrowed experience into a positive one, Ruth educates the public about the dangers of caffeine and how medical and psychiatric doctors mistake caffeine's effects for ADHD, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression and more.
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