Family roots for mental illness
Despite clinical boundaries between autism, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, a new study in Archives of General Psychiatry suggests they haveContinue Reading
Category: Schizophrenia Research Forum
Optimizing treatment with the tools at hand
As the quest for novel pharmaceutical treatments for schizophrenia continues, current treatment practices can still be refined, according to twoContinue Reading
Special delivery: Antipsychotic drugs in nerve terminals
In an interesting twist on antipsychotic action, a study in Neuron reports that these drugs are taken up into theContinue Reading
Blunting psychosis without side effects
In Molecular Psychiatry last week, researchers presented two new drugs that show antipsychotic-like effects in mice, without the side effects associatedContinue Reading
Non-invasive brain stimulation tempers hallucinations
For 25%-30% of people with schizophrenia, auditory hallucinations continue mostly unabated despite treatment with antipsychotic drugs. A form of non-invasiveContinue Reading
The interactive, the progressive, and the hippocampal
Here, SRF brings you an assortment of other conference news, including gene-environment interactions contributing to schizophrenia risk, evidence for progressiveContinue Reading
Genetic studies gain traction
Three novel schizophrenia genes, and several prior ones, emerge from the latest survey of common variants in schizophrenia. The findingsContinue Reading
Psychiatric hotspot harbors head size gene
A single gene within a chromosomal region associated with autism, schizophrenia, and other brain disorders controls head size, according toContinue Reading
Chromosome mishaps finger schizophrenia genes in autism
Abnormal mixups of chromosome pieces in people with autism point to a whopping 33 genes of interest, according to aContinue Reading
Putting trust in oxytocin
One of the last sessions of the meeting featured talks about oxytocin treatment for schizophrenia. Popularly known as a “trustContinue Reading
A big clue to antipsychotic-induced weight gain
The gene encoding the melanocortin 4 receptor, known for its involvement in human obesity, has now been linked to antipsychotic-inducedContinue Reading
SIRS 2012 — Predicting psychosis with brain imaging
A cadre of brain imagers presented their efforts to detect the brain changes behind psychosis onset, with a focus onContinue Reading
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