Fight Club Schizophrenia
The government of Australia has given $1.5 million dollars to improve the understanding of schizophrenia. This money will allow researchers in that country to examine the changes in the brains of mentally ill young people by using advanced scanning techniques. The grant will also fund research on the apparent ability of the female hormone estrogen to improve brain function in people with schizophrenia.
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Treatment and Hope for Young People with Schizophrenia
At the 2008 convention, I was fortunate to catch up with Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI's medical director, and his colleague, Stephen... Read more »
Coping with Schizophrenia: The Importance of a Sense of Humor
When you live with schizophrenia every day, you develop some coping tactics, most notably a sense of humor. That, and since I have... Read more »
Schizophrenia: Public Attitudes, Personal Needs
"I think the most important thing is to accept the disorder like any other medical disorder, that treatment works and that recovery is not... Read more »
Poet and Author Conquers Schizophrenia
Pamela Spiro Wagner is an award-winning poet and co-author, with her sister, Carolyn Spiro, M.D. of Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and... Read more »
Schizophrenia vs. Delusional Disorder
For the past 15 years, my aunt has become paranoid, distrustful, and angry. She has difficulty sleeping, for years she refused to leave... Read more »
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Painter fights stigma of schizophrenia
Last month, painter Amber Christian Osterhout teamed up with National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York State (NAMI-NYS) to unveil an... Read more »
Estrogen May Fight Schizophrenia
Scientists at Tel Aviv University in Israel have found evidence in an animal study that using hormone replacement therapy to replace estrogen in... Read more »
How to Argue with Your Lover
“It’s important we communicate and tune the fate of this union to the right pitch.” -- Rapper Common in the song “The Light” You know the... Read more »
10 Quick Facts about Childhood Schizophrenia
The precise cause of childhood schizophrenia is not known. As with adult schizophrenia there is an assumed relationship between genetic factors the environment. Possible causes include family history, birth trauma, exposure to viruses in the womb...
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