Schizophrenia News

Schizophrenia research , Vol. 75, No. 2-3. , pp. 337-348., doi:10.1016/j.schres.2004.07.012 Little is known about the expected treatment outcomes of patients with co-occurring schizophrenic and substance use disorders.

Comorbid substance abuse disorders have emerged as one of the greatest obstacles to the effective treatment of persons with schizophrenia.

The American journal of psychiatry , Vol. 162, No. 3. , pp. 441-449., doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.162.3.441 New advances in the understanding of schizophrenia etiology, course, and treatment have increased interest on the part of patients, families, advocates, and professionals in the development of consensus-defined standards for clinical status and ... (more)

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience , Vol. 256, No. 8. , pp.

Antipsychotic drugs are useful in the treatment of acute mania and as maintenance treatment.

Addex Pharmaceuticals , a leading biopharmaceutical company pioneering allosteric modulation-based drug discovery and development, announced today that Dr.

A team of researchers led by Claes Wahlestedt, M.D., Ph.D., the University of Miami Miller School's associate dean for therapeutic innovation, has pinpointed a "master" regulatory molecule in the brain that is altered in people with schizophrenia.

The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each of which is connected to many others.

Context Low-functioning patients with chronic schizophrenia have high direct treatment costs and indirect costs incurred due to lost employment and productivity and have a low quality of life; antipsychotic medications and psychosocial interventions have shown limited efficacy to promote improved functional outcomes.

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Glutamate is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in mammalian brain. Disturbances in glutamate-mediated neurotransmission have been increasingly documented in a range of neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, substance abuse, mood disorders, Alzheimer's disease, and autism-spectrum disorders.

There are four psychological diseases and disorders that biopsychology focuses on; these are schizophrenia, affective disorders, anxiety disorders, and Tourette syndrome.

In today's atmosphere of scientific research, medical diagnostics, and inquiring minds it is confounding that the causes of schizophrenia have yet to be given a definitive answer.

"The patient experiences the inner voices as 100 per cent real, just as if someone was standing next to him and speaking" explains Professor Kenneth Hugdahl of the University of Bergen.

While campaigning yesterday in Woodland Park, Colorado, GOP contender Rick Santorum told a sick child and his mother that they shouldn't complain about the exorbitant cost of his medication because some people spend $900 on iPads.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories , India's No. 2 drugmaker by sales, reported a forecast-beating 88 percent jump in quarterly net profit as sales in its key U.S. market more than doubled.

Leslie Carter, the 25-year-old sister of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and singer/actor Aaron Carter, suffered from an overdose and was under the influence of several drugs before her death, reports ABC News, according to an incident report .

It is with some dismay that I read Nick Davies' recent opinion piece, 'Collective schizophrenia and the ultimate acid test,' Question columns, Jan.

GOP contender Rick Santorum had a heated exchange with a mother and her sick young son Wednesday, arguing that drug companies are entitled to charge whatever the market demands for life-saving therapies.

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