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New Research in Schizophrenia Treatment

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...at the age of thirteen, I was thrilled to see the article in the February 24, 2008 issue of The... Read more »

Bipolar Thought Deficits: What We Can Learn From Schizophrenia Research

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...first insight into this came in 2001 from a review article by Carrie Bearden, now of UCLA, which... Read more »

Schizophrenia: Time for a Name Change?

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...unreliable behavior. I was recently drawn to an article by David Sweetsur, a diagnosed... Read more »

Early Detection of Schizophrenia: The Prodrome Phase

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Early detection of schizophrenia is often very difficult before a person starts actively... Read more »

Antipsychotics and Alzheimer's Disease

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...death in the elderly people with dementia. This new article, written by Dr. Sultzer and... Read more »

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Schizophrenia: Causes

CausesNo single cause can account for schizophrenia. Rather, it appears to be the result of multiple causes such as genetic factors, environmental and psychological assaults, and possible hormonal... Read more »

ADHD: The Basics

...over-diagnosed. Others say it's underdiagnosed. (See Difficulties in Identifying Children with ADHD later in this article.) One-third of cases are accompanied by learning disabilities and other... Read more »

Schizophrenia: Risk Factors

Schizophrenia is the most common psychotic condition.AgeSchizophrenia can occur at any age, but it tends to first develop (or at least become evident) between adolescence and young... Read more »

Schizophrenia: Therapy

...Mental Illnesswww.nmha.org -- Mental Health Americawww.narsad.org -- National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depressionwww.psych.org -- American Psychiatric Associationwww.aacap.org --... Read more »

Schizophrenia: Symptoms

...in childhood strongly predict disease in adulthood. In one long-term study, over 40% of people with schizophrenia who developed the disease in young adulthood had reported psychotic symptoms by... Read more »

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