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Verbal Memory Appears to Be a Predictor of Clinical Remission in Patients
Mar 4, 2014Verbal memory appears to be a predictor of clinical remission in patients with first-episode psychosis, according to Canadian researchers writing in Schizophrenia Research. Martin Lepage (Douglas Mental Health University Institute, ...
Tags: Psychosis, Verbal Memory, Health&Medicine
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Patients with Bipolar I Disorder Have Reduced White Matter Integrity
Mar 3, 2014By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Research shows that patients with bipolar I disorder have reduced white matter integrity, including in the corpus callosum, which connects the brain's hemispheres. Furthermore, reduced ...
Tags: Interhemispheric, Bipolar Disorder
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Psychosis Patients Were More Likely Than Others to Disengage Intervention Program
Feb 27, 2014By Afsaneh Gray, medwireNews Reporter A study of first-episode psychosis patients in Hong Kong has found that those with fewer negative symptoms at presentation and poor medication compliance were more likely than others to disengage from ...
Tags: Intervention, Disengagement, negative symptom, schizoaffective disorder
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Psychosis Patients Were More Likely to Disengage From an Early Intervention Program
Feb 27, 2014By Afsaneh Gray, medwireNews Reporter A study of first-episode psychosis patients in Hong Kong has found that those with fewer negative symptoms at presentation and poor medication compliance were more likely than others to disengage from ...
Tags: Intervention, Disengagement, negative symptom, schizoaffective disorder
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Difficulties with Social Contact Are Associated with Later Development of Psychosis
Jan 23, 2014Difficulties with social contact in adolescents from the general population are associated with later development of psychosis, say researchers. This is consistent with studies in people at high risk for psychosis, in whom social ...
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Levels of Glutamine Are Elevated in The Dorsal Anterior Cingulate of Patients
Jan 15, 2014By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Levels of glutamine, but not glutamate, are elevated in the dorsal anterior cingulate of patients with established schizophrenia, say researchers. Most previous studies have measured ...
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Psychoeducation Should Be Routinely Offered to Family Members of Schizophrenia Patients
Jan 10, 2014Psychoeducation should be routinely offered to family members of schizophrenia patients as early as possible following diagnosis, findings from a mixed-method systematic review indicate. The results, based on quantitative and qualitative ...
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DE Is Significantly Correlated with an Array of Cognitive Functions
Jan 6, 2014By Joanna Lyford, Senior medwireNews Reporter Diminished expression (DE), a core negative symptom in people with schizophrenia, is significantly correlated with an array of cognitive functions, research by a Hong Kong team shows. ...
Tags: diminished expression, negative symptom, schizophrenia
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A Bio-Nanomaterial Can Help Solve a Public Health Issue
Dec 30, 2013United States Army researchers have found that a bio-nanomaterial can help solve a public health issue involving people showing up in emergency rooms with dangerous reactions to marijuana substitutes sold at gas stations and head shops, ...
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BBRF Has Announced The Latest Recipients of Its Narsad Distinguished Investigator Grants
Nov 12, 2013The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) (formerly known as NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression), under the direction of president and CEO Dr Jeffrey Borenstein, has announced the latest ...
Tags: Narsad, BBRF, investigator, award
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Alcohol-Related Visits to Hospital Emergency Rooms Have Increased by 38% by CDC
Sep 17, 2013Alcohol-related visits to hospital emergency rooms have increased by 38% from 2001 to 2010, according to the data given by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report mentioned emergency room visits, including ...
Tags: Alcohol-related visits, Food
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Galenea and Collaborator Kevin Spencer Have Won a Five Year $3m Grant From The NIMH
Nov 29, 2012Galenea and collaborator Kevin Spencer of the VA Boston Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School have won a five year $3m grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The grant is intended for the development of ...
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Dietary Supplement in US Has Been Recalled by Brand New Energy
Aug 31, 2012Brand New Energy(BNE),a dietary supplement re-sale distributor,is recalling all lot codes of dietary supplement EphBurn 25 due to possible health risk,according to the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA). The recall was initiated after ...
Tags: FDA, dietary supplement, health risk, ephedrine alkaloids, stimulant
