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How Can Schizophrenia Be Treated

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Treating Tardive Dyskinesia

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Recently, I was reviewing the literature on tardive dyskinesia, and it struck me how frustrating it... Read more »

A Little Look Inside the Brain

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...strategies in the search for some biological basis for schizophrenia is to locate abnormalities... Read more »

Raising Hope - A NIMH Study

By Christina Bruni , Health Expert

There's some good news for people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The National Institute on Mental... Read more »

Virginia Tech Tragedy Sharpens Focus on Relationship Between Violence and Mental Illness

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...suggested that he had symptoms consistent with a form of schizophrenia, noting his isolation and... Read more »

The Top Ten Questions to Ask Your Doctor

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...associated with the medication? Educate yourself. Schizophrenia is a condition you'll have... Read more »

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Health Guide

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 »

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 »

Alcoholism: Treatment for Alcoholism

...reported that they are also effective in many of these patients. (AA may not be as helpful for people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.) In one study, individuals with a dual... Read more »

Eating Disorders: Treatment for Anorexia

...Anxiety.]Atypical Antipsychotics. Certain drugs, called atypical antipsychotics, are currently used for schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Not only are they useful for stabilizing mood but they... Read more »

Restless Legs Syndrome and Related Disorders: Diagnosis

...the patient is sitting -- not lying down. Akathisia itself can also be caused by drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other psychoses, with anti-nausea drugs, or when drugs to treat Parkinson's... Read more »

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