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One of the most notable features of schizophrenia is lack of motivation. To date there has been little information available to determine why. In part, motivational problems are commonly viewed as secondary to long-term treatment effects, or the product of institutionalisation.
Recent research involving the use of a simple reaction time... Read more
Schizophrenic mothers and fathers are twice
as likely to have a child diagnosed with autism. These are the findings from a
study recently published in the journal Pediatrics. Study author Julie Daniels,
Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina,
pointed to, "a mental illness trend in families."
It has... Read more
Hardly a week goes by that doesn’t involve yet another genetic discovery that could help solve the puzzle of schizophrenia and in so doing offer the chance for a cure or more effective treatments. There’s nothing wrong with this and I guess some news is better than no news, but I do wonder what it must feel like to be a person with... Read more
The interplay between nature and nurture is a recurring theme in the debate over the development of schizophrenia or its relapse. The evidence for a genetic component to schizophrenia is strong, but environmental factors have always been considered as having a powerful role to play. In this posting I’ve mapped out some of the influential... Read more
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