Scientists from Keele and Cardiff Universities have discovered new links between the breakdown in brain cell development and the risk of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Genetic risk factors are known to disrupt brain development in a number of these disorders, but little is known about which aspects of this process are affected. This research […]
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5 Schizophrenia Myths You Shouldn’t Believe, According to Pablo Vandenabeele – Clinical Director for Mental Health at Bupa UK Insurance ahead of National Schizophrenia Awareness Day on the 25th July. We’re fast-approaching National Schizophrenia Awareness Day (25th July), with this year’s focus aiming to break down the stigma surrounding this much-misunderstood illness. Here Pablo Vandenabeele […]
Schizophrenia and personality disorders are the most disabling mental health conditions to live with, according to scientists from The University of Queensland. A Danish-Australian research team studied a cohort of 6.9 million Danish residents in the Danish Psychiatric Central Research Register to understand the burden of disability associated with 18 mental and substance use disorders. Professor […]
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Patients with schizophrenia have higher levels of dopamine and the typical symptoms of the disease have been linked to this. However, it is not only the elevated level of the neurotransmitter dopamine that triggers symptoms in patients but also poorer regulation of dopamine release by a certain area of the brain. For the first time, […]
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For the first time, new research shows people with schizophrenia can train themselves to control brain regions linked to verbal hallucinations, using an MRI scanner and a computerised rocket game. The pilot study by researchers at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) and the University of Roehampton suggests the new technique […]
Probably the two most frequently confused psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder, are worlds apart in their core features. […]
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