Sunday, October, 25, 2009
Effects Of Schizophrenia
November 19, 2008
This is a study to compare the effects of a new drug for schizophrenia (AL-108) to a placebo in people suffering from schizophrenia. Researchers will focus on the new medication's effects on the cognitive problems associated with schizophrenia when it is added to the patients' existing treatments. This study is currently recruiting 60 schizophrenia patients from eight states to participate in this 12-week clinical trial.
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Expert & Community Posts
By Paul Ballas
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Health Expert
Recently, I was reviewing the literature on tardive dyskinesia, and it struck me how frustrating it...
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By Christina Bruni
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Health Expert
...own lasting benefits and reduction in the negative effects of disability after participating in...
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By Jerry Kennard
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Health Expert
...have been reported but these may be due to long term effects of neuroleptic treatments. The...
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By Paul Ballas
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Health Expert
...in the liver, and this can cause a wide range of effects. For people taking antipsychotic...
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By Robin Cunningham
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Health Expert
...lot of experience. Second, despite the devastating effects of schizophrenia, for most of these...
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Health Guide
...other trials. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Feb;68(2):e04.Marder SR, West B, Lau GS, et al. Aripiprazole
effects in patients with acute
schizophrenia experiencing higher or lower agitation: a post hoc...
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...symptoms. Also, on average, the later the onset of the disease, the milder the social impact. The long-term
effects on work and relationships, however, are usually severe and difficult to repair,...
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...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...
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...or more verbal screening tests to help determine whether a patient's symptoms meet the criteria for
schizophrenia. Because no single symptom is specific to
schizophrenia, a diagnosis may be made...
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...control symptoms than those who do not seek help as quickly. In spite of strong evidence for the positive
effects of early treatment, patients usually do not receive treatment until after 10...
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