Schizophrenia News

An international group of researchers has found genetic evidence linking schizophrenia to a specific region of DNA a ' on chromosome 6. This is the same area where key genes for immune function are located.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals is making a stunning come back this year as FDA finally approved its schizophrenia drug Fanapt.

So rare is the child form of schizophrenia, it has taken researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health 18 years to diagnosis and collect data on 110 children.

For the first time, an international group of researchers has found genetic evidence linking schizophrenia to a specific region of DNA - on chromosome 6. This is the same area where key genes for immune function are located.

I use this opportunity, once again, to discuss mental illness in an attempt to lift the veil of secrecy, shame and stigma over mental disorders.

The deluge of new data can sometimes make it hard for researchers into the schizophrenia to see the forest for the trees.

Common variations in genes may underlie schizophrenia, the mental illness known to run in families for more than 100 years, with no one single variation conferring the majority of risk, three studies show.

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Here's a quick look at some atypical antipsychotics prescribed for young people: Risperidone Risperidone, sold under the trade name Risperdal in the United States and Canada, changes the effects of chemicals in the brain, and is used to treat schizophrenia as well as symptoms of bipolar disorder.

Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines ; Genetics Article Date: 02 Jul 2009 - 6:00 PDT Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disease, thought to be caused by the interaction of both genetic and environmental factors.

Imagine piling on a shocking 70kg in eight months and being told by your doctor you were helpless to stop it.

New research published in Nature suggests that genes affecting the immune system may be linked to schizophrenia.

As many as 30,000 different gene variations may underlie schizophrenia and bipolar disease, meaning any kind of quick test to predict either disease is a long way off, scientists said on Wednesday.

The parents of a 6-year-old schizophrenic search for help against daunting odds for a patient so young and a case so severe.

A PSYCHOLGIST at the University of Hertfordshire has just published research which seriously undermines conventional treatment of mental illness.

Two separate studies, one in the United States and another in the United Kingdom, have discovered that a gene, labeled DISC1, plays a key role in the development of schizophrenia.

Professor Keith Laws, at the University's School of Psychology, is one of the lead authors on a paper entitled: Cognitive behavioural therapy for major psychiatric disorder: does it really work? A meta-analytical review of well-controlled trials, which has just been published online in the journal Psychological Medicine.

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 24 Jun 2009 Allosteric modulation company Addex Pharmaceuticals announced today that its partner Ortho-McNeil- Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Someone with schizophrenia is four times as likely to die of cancer as the average person, a new study finds.

Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 24 Jun 2009 - 2:00 PDT Phoning someone whilst driving to work without having to think about it.