Category: Schizophrenia
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November 8th, 2010 |
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Perceptions of therapy and counseling are not without stereotype, and one of the most common misconceptions is that therapists will always blame an issue on the patients’ parents. While this is certainly an over-reach, it’s well documented that things we experience in our childhood do impact how we experience the world from there forward. This includes positive influences such as hobbies and values, but also includes psychological baggage from particularly traumatic experiences. Understanding the connections between childhood trauma and adult mental health... Read More
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October 21st, 2010 |
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Is therapy the best treatment for depression? What about antidepressants? A combination of the two? How about supplemental or alternative therapies including yoga and meditation, or good old fashioned physical exercise? There is no single ‘best practice’ for therapists and counselors helping clients deal with depression. But of the treatment options mentioned here, antidepressants have been far more controversial than the rest, and for good reason. Any time we turn to chemicals in response to a physical or psychological struggle, we should make sure we are... Read More
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October 12th, 2010 |
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Most patients diagnosed with schizophrenia will be prescribed one or more medications for the rest of their life. Left untreated in any form, symptoms of the condition can disrupt personal relationships, make it difficult for the person to maintain employment and education, and interfere with their ability to care for themselves. In recent years, some have come to question whether medication is an appropriate first response to early signs of schizophrenia. Now, a... Read More
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July 28th, 2010 |
When someone is admitted to the hospital for a non-psychiatric concern, they are significantly more likely to sustain medical injuries if they have schizophrenia. This comes from a new study that compared over 37 million hospital records. The numbers showed that people with schizophrenia suffer significantly higher rates of bedsores, infection, sepsis, and post-operative respiratory failure than did the general population. The differences could be attributed to medication, but the study’s leaders suspect communication gaps... Read More
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July 27th, 2010 |
Marijuana use and schizophrenia are very often tightly interwoven, but they present researchers with a chicken-and-egg paradox. Among people exhibiting symptoms of schizophrenia, more smoke marijuana (and smoke more of it) than the general population. But it’s unclear whether the drug triggers the onset of the condition, or whether people who are psychologically vulnerable to schizophrenia are also more drawn to the drug. Especially interesting are several studies illustrating marijuana’s short and long term... Read More
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July 21st, 2010 |
A new film playing on PBS stations nationwide documents a group of parents who took to the streets—literally—in the 1970s to fight misinformation about schizophrenia. “When Medicine Got it Wrong,” by Katie Cadigan and Laura Murray, explores the then-widespread belief that schizophrenia in children was caused by the parents. Tired of being blamed for what they knew was a real disease, a small group of parents raised their voices to politicians and even the World Congress of Psychiatry. It wasn’t until the 1990s that the term... Read More
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July 11th, 2010 |
A small, experimental training program at the University of Granada has been able to help improve the well-being and overall quality of life of some people suffering from schizophrenia. More specifically, the program is helping people help themselves. Noting that stress and anxiety can trigger schizophrenic symptoms, researchers developed a stress therapy training program. They gave individuals strategies for avoiding negative thinking, preventing and dealing with daily stress, and dealing with stressful social interactions.... Read More
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June 29th, 2010 |
All this week, the National Alliance on Mental Illness will be meeting in Washington, D.C. for its national convention. In addition to plenty of presentations, exhibits, and meetings, attendees will have the opportunity to screen the film “Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia.” This award-winning documentary follows the relationship between Delaney Ruston, a filmmaker and physician, and her father, a writer who was diagnosed with schizophrenia. At times estranged, the two came together when Ruston re-established the relationship... Read More
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June 18th, 2010 |
Inflammation has been a popular suspect as a cause for many diseases, and a new study finds that it may be a contributing factor to schizophrenia. In the past, patients with schizophrenia had noticeably improved symptoms when being treated with anti-inflammatories for medical reasons. Dr. Laan Grobbee of the Netherlands decided to look first-hand at this connection, and chose aspirin because it was much gentler in terms of side effects. After three months of 1000mg per day, patients given the aspiring... Read More
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June 12th, 2010 |
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A new study has found a correlation between the level of severity of positive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia and the level of stress and stress sensitivity that those patients’ mentally healthy siblings experience on a day-to-day basis. The study was published in the journal Acta Physhiatrica Scandinavica and conducted by researchers at Maastricht University in The Netherlands. One might expect that siblings of patients dealing... Read More
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April 2nd, 2010 |
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Over a decade ago, it was found that a certain genetic abnormality had about a thirty percent chance of predicting the development of schizophrenia in humans. Since this discovery, researchers have been working on further studies surrounding the mutation and its relationship to one of psychology's least-understood health concerns. Recently, a breakthrough has developed in this line of study, produced by the same doctor credited with the original discovery and a team of researchers at the... Read More
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February 13th, 2010 |
One of the most crucial aspects of modern efforts to understand and eradicate schizophrenia focuses on discovering why the concern develops, and how. Researchers have suspected that issues involving iron deficiency –which can be responsible for a lowered production of hemoglobin, necessary for delivering oxygen throughout the body-- may be linked to the eventual development of schizophrenia. Recently, researchers from the University Hospital in Copenhagen have produced a study suggesting that iron-deficiency anemia in expectant... Read More
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February 4th, 2010 |
Modern understanding of schizophrenia and related mental health concerns may show marked improvement over past ideas and practices connected with the issue, but there are still many unanswered questions about how the concern arises and why. Recently, a study with international support was performed to ascertain whether the use of Omega 3 fatty acids found in fish oil could have any affect on those identified as being at high risk of developing schizophrenia.... Read More
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January 11th, 2010 |
As people approach old age and settle into retirement, mental health studies have shown that the potential for thoughts and feelings of depression and other concerns can steeply rise. In tandem with this issue, there are scores of people struggling with established mental health issues who are unable to receive the care or assistance they need. A natural harmony between these issues can be seen in the volunteer work of those who participate in a New York... Read More
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