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‘Sense of body ownership’ found to be unaffected in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia patients often experience an altered sense of self, e.g. as if someone else is controlling their actions.

26 Jul 2017

Study provides deeper insight into cannabis use in adolescence and detrimental long-term outcomes

How an adolescent uses marijuana, in particular a pattern of escalating use, may make an adolescent more prone to higher rates of depression and lower educational accomplishments by the time they reach adulthood.

25 Jul 2017

New map may be first step to developing treatments for complex brain disorders

Just as parents are not the root of all their children's problems, a single gene mutation can't be blamed for complex brain disorders like autism, according to a Keck School of Medicine of USC neuroscientist.

25 Jul 2017

CUMC researchers capture first snapshot of key brain receptor in action

Columbia University Medical Center researchers have captured the first three-dimensional snapshots of the AMPA-subtype glutamate receptor in action. The receptor, which regulates most electrical signaling in the brain, is involved in several important brain activities, including memory and learning.

24 Jul 2017

Study opens up new avenues to understanding complex experience of hearing voices

When people hear voices, it is whether those voices fit or are at odds with their life goals and values that governs whether they find them distressing.

19 Jul 2017

Mutations arising after conception may play vital role in autism

A study of nearly 6,000 families, combining three genetic sequencing technologies, finds that mutations that occur after conception play an important role in autism.

17 Jul 2017

Screening individuals at-risk for psychosis may help predict future violent behavior

A new study of young persons at clinical high-risk of developing psychosis has identified measures of violence potential that may be useful in predicting both the increased risk of future violent behavior and the actual development of psychosis.

17 Jul 2017

University of Warwick researchers receive £1.5 million grant to tackle psychosis in India

University of Warwick researchers are to improve the lives of India's millions of psychosis sufferers.

14 Jul 2017

In Texas, people with mental illness find work helping peers

Recovery coaches and peer mentors — known in Alcoholics Anonymous as “sponsors” — have for decades helped those addicted to alcohol or drugs.

13 Jul 2017

Schizophrenia patients have impaired social episodic memory in all phases of illness

People with schizophrenia have trouble remembering the details of social interactions in all phases of the illness, UCLA researchers report. However, in the early stages of schizophrenia, patients can remember more about these interactions if given hints about context. This finding suggests a potential strategy for memory training.

13 Jul 2017

Internal clock ticks irregularly in patients with schizophrenia

Persons suffering from schizophrenia have a different perception of time than healthy individuals. There is far more variation in the way that a time interval is perceived by people with schizophrenic disorders than by those who do not have the condition.

11 Jul 2017

Senate GOP bill aims to add psych beds; squeeze on Medicaid signals their undoing

A little-discussed provision in the Senate health care bill is designed to boost the number of hospital beds for psychiatric care, providing a long-sought victory for mental health advocates.

10 Jul 2017

IBS scientists control memory by modulating synchronized brain waves during deep sleep

Have you ever tried to recall something just before going to sleep and then wake up with the memory fresh in your mind? While we absorb so much information during the day consciously or unconsciously, it is during shut eye that a lot of facts are dispatched to be filed away or fall into oblivion.

6 Jul 2017

Research reveals biological processes that underlie comorbidity between Alzheimer's disease and cancer

Patients with Alzheimer's disease have a higher risk of developing glioblastoma and a lower risk of lung cancer.

3 Jul 2017

'Brain training' game could help improve memory in patients with patients with amnestic MCI

A 'brain training' game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia, suggests a study published today in The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology.

3 Jul 2017

Study shows that cerebellum plays key role in schizophrenia

In a new study, Norwegian researchers have documented that the cerebellum is among the most affected brain regions in schizophrenia.

21 Jun 2017

Study suggests sons of older fathers have characteristics of ‘geeks’

Sons of older fathers are more intelligent, more focused on their interests, and less concerned about fitting in, all characteristics typically seen in "geeks," according to research conducted at The Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published on June 20 in the journal Translational Psychiatry.

21 Jun 2017

Study reveals new detailed understanding about GABA neurodevelopment in schizophrenia

New research by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh provides an unprecedented level of resolution and insight into disturbances in cortical GABAergic microcircuits, which are thought to underlie cognitive impairments in schizophrenia.

20 Jun 2017

Uncontrolled brain activity may lead to memory and attentional impairments, review suggests

Potential new ways of understanding the cause of cognitive impairments, such as problems with memory and attention, in brain disorders including schizophrenia and Alzheimer's are under the spotlight in a new research review.

15 Jun 2017

Long waits and long odds for those who need social security disability

By the time Stephenie Hashmi was in her mid-20s, she had achieved a lifelong dream — she was the charge nurse of one of Kansas City’s largest intensive care units. But even as she cared for patients, she realized that something was off with her own health.

15 Jun 2017

Schizophrenia News and Research

Latest Schizophrenia News and Research

‘Sense of body ownership’ found to be unaffected in schizophrenia

Study provides deeper insight into cannabis use in adolescence and detrimental long-term outcomes

New map may be first step to developing treatments for complex brain disorders

CUMC researchers capture first snapshot of key brain receptor in action

Study opens up new avenues to understanding complex experience of hearing voices

Mutations arising after conception may play vital role in autism

Screening individuals at-risk for psychosis may help predict future violent behavior

University of Warwick researchers receive £1.5 million grant to tackle psychosis in India

In Texas, people with mental illness find work helping peers

Schizophrenia patients have impaired social episodic memory in all phases of illness

Internal clock ticks irregularly in patients with schizophrenia

Senate GOP bill aims to add psych beds; squeeze on Medicaid signals their undoing

IBS scientists control memory by modulating synchronized brain waves during deep sleep

Research reveals biological processes that underlie comorbidity between Alzheimer's disease and cancer

'Brain training' game could help improve memory in patients with patients with amnestic MCI

Study shows that cerebellum plays key role in schizophrenia

Study suggests sons of older fathers have characteristics of ‘geeks’

Study reveals new detailed understanding about GABA neurodevelopment in schizophrenia

Uncontrolled brain activity may lead to memory and attentional impairments, review suggests

Long waits and long odds for those who need social security disability

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