The Sunday morning session at the NAMI 2008 convention featured two psychiatrists working on the cutting-edge of research and treatment for schizophrenia: Ed Scolnick, M.D., director, Psychiatry Initiative, the Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA and William Cook, Ph.D., director, Psychiatry Research, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME. First, I'll report on the information presented about research, and then look at the promising results of an early intervention program.
Scolnick offered this...
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PreventionThere is no known way to prevent schizophrenia.If you do have the condition, the best ways to prevent symptoms from coming back are to take... Read more »
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