Schizophrenia News

In 2008 researchers from the University of Southern Denmark showed that the drug thioridazine, which has previously been used to treat schizophrenia, is also a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as staphylococci .

The relationship between the heritable risk for schizophrenia and low intelligence has not been clear.

Aripiprazole belongs to the group of medications known as antipsychotics . It is used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Researchers say schizophrenia needs to be approached like other physical illnesses, and what is needed is early intervention and tailored, targeted treatments.

Once reserved for schizophrenia and mania in adults, the drugs are increasingly being prescribed to children as young as preschoolers.

Patients experiencing psychosis quickly improved after a single infusion of sodium nitroprusside, an antihypertensive agent, according to a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry .

An anti-hypertension drug administered intravenously for a single four-hour treatment resulted in dramatic improvements of symptoms for people living with schizophrenia, according to newly published findings from clinician scientists at the University of Alberta's medical school and their colleagues in Brazil.

Last week, Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, published a blog post that outlined a new approach for deciding what psychiatry research the U.S. government would fund.

Researcher at the Tel Aviv University in Israel may have found a way to diagnose schizophrenia by testing microRNA molecules in neurons from the nose.

Lilly Chief Financial Officer Derica Rice, 48, will assume the additional role of acting CEO during Lechleiter's surgery and recovery period, the Indianapolis drugmaker said.

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Dusty Dreams Productions has released the trailer for its upcoming short film, "My Only Son," based on the true story of a young veteran and his struggle during the onset of schizophrenia.

OMS824 selectively inhibits phosphodiesterase 10 , an enzyme expressed in areas of the brain linked to a wide range of diseases that affect cognition, including Huntington's disease and schizophrenia.

Otsuka Holdings Co., which last month agreed to pay H. Lundbeck A/S as much as $825 million to advance an experimental Alzheimer's treatment, plans to develop two more drugs with its Danish partner targeting different aspects of the disease.

Erik Erikson developed a psychosocial stage theory that illuminates how people progress through certain stages during their life spans.

A person with schizophrenia can experience bouts of disordered thinking that can distort their sense of reality, according to the Department of Health.

Staff from the European Commission, IMF and European Central Bank raised the issue again with the HSE in Dublin this week.

Eli Lilly & Co. said first-quarter profit exceeded analysts' estimates as the company boosted sales of the antidepressant Cymbalta and cut costs.

SILVER SPRING, Md., April 23, 2013-The FDA yesterday posted on its website a letter sent to Teva Neuroscience regarding an article detailer for Clozapine tablets.

A Tel Aviv University team say they can diagnose the psychiatric disease of schizophrenia at an early stage through the sense of smell instead of confirming such a diagnosis only by examining the nerve cells in the brain after death.