Children with a low IQ (intelligence quotient) have an increased risk of developing mental health problems such as schizophrenia, depression and generalized anxiety disorder. These are the findings of a study spanning 30 years, and published in the Journal of Psychiatry. Findings were based on a sample of 1,037 children born in 1972-73 in Dunedin,... Read more
Whether schizophrenia affects you or a loved one, you want to know how long it will last, and when things will get better. So, it must be frustrating to be answered along the lines of, ‘it depends', or, ‘there are a lot of things to consider', or, ‘we really can't say for sure.' What people really want to know is whether they, or... Read more
Even if you only have a passing interest in the latest schizophrenia research news, one thing stands out above all others, the emphasis on genes. Because of this, it must occur to some people that their outlook, or perhaps that of their children, is both predetermined and fairly bleak. But it need not be this way.
Current wisdom states... Read more
It is fairly rare to come across a groundbreaking theory that makes scientists take stock of their existing assumptions. This may be precisely what is about to happen with a new theory proposed by Bernard Crespi, an evolutionary biologist at Simon Fraser University in Canada, and Christopher Badcock, a sociologist at the London School of... Read more
The number of people who hear voices at some point in their lives may be as high as 15 percent of the population. Despite this, voices are poorly understood and frequently feared. In western cultures we have come to view voices as a feature of mental illness (along with all the stigma that comes with this), yet in some cultures voices are regarded... Read more
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