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Graduating from high school, attending college, finding a job that is satisfying, building lasting relationships - these are goals that most of us expect to meet.

Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Mental Health ; Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 08 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Internationally renowned experts in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, researchers and clinicians, patients and their families and friends will gather in Pittsburgh ...

Schizophrenia can be a sad and frightening mental illness. It can rob you of your energy and enjoyment in life and make it hard to have a job or long-term relationship.

South Carolina, trying to curb abuse of narcotics and save money, is requiring Medicaid patients suspected of doctor-hopping for drugs to choose one pharmacy for all of their prescriptions.

THREE years ago, when an Ulu Pandan resident approached People's Action Party activist Tin Pei Ling claiming to be Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's daughter, she knew something was amiss.

The British Journal of Psychiatry 195: S29-S36. doi: 10.1192/bjp.195.52.s29 © 2009 The Royal College of Psychiatrists REVIEW ARTICLES Second-generation antipsychotic long-acting injections: systematic review W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker, Professor of Psychiatry Medical University Innsbruck, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Anichstrasse ...

Drugs called atypical antipsychotics caused kids to gain an average of 10 to 19 pounds in the first few months.

WAM Dubai, 29th Oct. 2009 : Between 30 to 40 per cent of mental illnesses in the UAE are schizophrenia-related, while another 30 to 40 per cent belong to the bipolar disorder category.

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Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 27 Oct 2009 - 5:00 PDT A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry , King's College London has discovered abnormalities in the white matter of the brain that seem to be critical for the timing of schizophrenia .

Many young children and adolescents taking drugs for severe psychiatric problems gain substantial weight and, in some cases, show increased levels of LDL cholesterol and triglycerides in their blood, researchers report in the Oct.

Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Genetics ; Autism Article Date: 27 Oct 2009 - 2:00 PDT Johns Hopkins scientists report having used a commercially available drug to successfully "rescue" animal brain cells that they had intentionally damaged by manipulating a newly discovered gene that links susceptibility genes for schizophrenia and ...

Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Genetics ; Autism Article Date: 26 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT An international team of researchers led by geneticist Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory , has identified a mutation on human chromosome 16 that substantially increases risk for schizophrenia .

Equipping local clinics with the skills to detect and manage mental disorders might be the best way to cope with the increasing demand for psychiatric help.

This SharePost is the first of a two-part series and examines a greatly disabling symptom of schizophrenia: cognitive deficit.

Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs ; Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 24 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT Last year the UK government reclassified cannabis from a class C to a class B drug, partly out of concerns that cannabis, especially the more potent varieties, may increase the risk of schizophrenia in ...

South Carolina's attorney general says the state has reached a $45 million settlement with drug maker Eli Lilly & Co.

Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Genetics Article Date: 23 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions The US National Institutes of Health has awarded a $2.1 million "Grand Opportunity" grant to a team of researchers - led by Prof.

Main Category: Schizophrenia Also Included In: Epilepsy ; Pediatrics / Children's Health ; Headache / Migraine Article Date: 21 Oct 2009 - 6:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Researchers say antiepilectic drug treatments administered when the brain is developing appear to trigger schizophrenia-like behavior in animal ...

Sales of lung cancer treatment Alimta, anti-depressant Cymbalta, Humalog insulin and schizophrenia drug Zyprexa all topped analysts' forecasts.