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A simple dietary supplement reduces behavioral symptoms in mice with a genetic mutation that causes schizophrenia. After additional experiments, including visualizing the fluorescently stained dancing edge of immature brain cells, researchers concluded that the supplement likely protects proteins that build neurons’ cellular skeletons. The supplement betaine was first isolated from sugar beets and is often […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Preexisting mental illness is tied to worse COVID-19 outcomes, including death, results of a large meta-analysis show. “It’s imperative that healthcare providers address and treat prediagnosed mental disorders among COVID-19 patients, as this is a risk factor that may affect COVID-19 […]
People with schizophrenia are likely to have severely impaired reading ability, a new study has shown. A systematic review by researchers at Brunel University London’s Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) found that those who have been diagnosed as having schizophrenia are likely to have difficulty recognizing, manipulating and pronouncing individual sounds, and understanding written text. […]
Having a dog as a child could cut your risk of getting schizophrenia by 24% ‘because they carry bugs that could protect you from the mental health disorder’ Study found those who had a dog before age 13 were less at risk of schizophrenia No protective effect was seen for cat owners or against bipolar disorder […]
A dietary supplement, sarcosine, may help with schizophrenia as part of a holistic approach complementing antipsychotic medication, according to a UCL researcher. In an editorial published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, Professor David Curtis (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment and QMUL Centre for Psychiatry) suggests the readily available product could easily be incorporated into […]
An international study led by researchers from the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA has found that people who are born with a genetic disease that greatly increases the risk of developing schizophrenia have distinctive defects and deficiencies in the white matter of their brains. Researchers compared the brains […]
Teenager caught a mind-altering infection from his cat, started believing he was the ‘son of the devil’ and having suicidal thoughts The unnamed 14-year-old boy was first hospitalised in October 2015 He suffered with hallucinations, rage outbursts and thoughts of killing his family After dozens of treatments failed, he endured 11 weeks of extensive testing It […]
Everyone perceives the world in his own way. Some on a very own. Christiane Wirtz, was sure to be the niece of John F. Kennedy. How she lives with psychosis, describes them for FOCUS Online. One of the most typical scenes: I’m in the summer of 2013 at the Cologne Friesenplatz, am of the opinion […]
A tool developed by University of Alberta researchers using machine learning diagnoses schizophrenia more accurately than other AI-based systems, according to a new study. The tool, called EMPaSchiz (Ensemble algorithm with Multiple Parcellations for Schizophrenia prediction), examined brain scans from patients who were diagnosed with schizophrenia and predicted the diagnosis with 87 per cent accuracy. […]
Aerobic exercise can improve the size and function of the brain, and now investigators want to know if it can also improve cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia who struggle with memory and attention problems. In another related study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, investigators want to know the potential of two […]