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Estrogen Patch Boosts Schizophrenia Treatment Success
Schizophrenia symptoms in women were significantly alleviated by the addition of estradiol patches to conventional antipsychotic therapy, researchers here said.In a randomized, placebo-controlled tria...
Schizophrenia Ties to Random DNA Mutations Bolstered in Study
Spontaneous defects in DNA may trigger schizophrenia, according to research that bolsters results of smaller studies aimed at finding the genetic causes of the disabling mental disorder.In the largest...
Gene-Hunters Find Hope and Hurdles in Schizophrenia Studies
Two groups of researchers hunting for schizophrenia genes on a larger scale than ever before have found new genetic variants that point toward a different understanding of the disease.The variants dis...
Partially Shared Genetic Profile Between Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can be disabling conditions, and both present clinically with significant mood and psychotic symptoms. These two illnesses also share genetic variants that migh...
Schizophrenia discovery opens path to new treatments
Schizophrenia has been linked to a split protein, opening a path to a new class of treatments for the common mental illness. Pregnancy stress linked to child schizophrenia Hope for new schizophrenia d...
APA: Drug Interactions a Common Risk for Schizophrenic Patients
One-fifth of patients with schizophrenia receive prescriptions for drugs that can cause dangerous interactions when taken in combination, a researcher said here.Significant adverse effects were rare, ...
APA: Antipsychotic Side Effects More Common in Patients with Bipolar Disorder
Patients with bipolar disorder were roughly twice as likely to suffer movement-related side effects from antipsychotic drugs as those with schizophrenia, a researcher said here.That was the result of ...
Can Atypical Antipsychotics Reduce Suicide Risk in Patients With Schizophrenia?: An Evidence-Based Analysis
Suicide is a devastating, tragically frequent outcome for persons with varying psychiatric conditions, including schizophrenia. An estimated 5% to 10% of persons with schizophrenia commit suicide and ...
Injectable Risperidone Demonstrates Response, Lowers Relapse
With medication compliance is a significant issue in some people who grapple with schizophrenia, drug companies often look toward injectable forms of their psychiatric medications to help with this is...
Restrictive Prescription Drug Policies Hurt Schizophrenics
Harvard study found program made patients 29% more likely to stop, disrupt their medsRestrictive prescription drug policies can cause schizophrenia patients to stop taking their medications, a Harvard...
New Findings in Early-Onset Schizophrenia
The Treatment of Early-Onset Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (TEOSS) study, funded by the NIMH, was a multicenter, controlled treatment trial of children and adolescents.1 The aim of the TEOSS study ...
Study Hints of Gene Link to Risk of Schizophrenia
A new study has found that rare and previously undetectable genetic variations may significantly increase the risk that a person will develop schizophrenia.Experts said the study, while not identifyin...
Clozapine Better Than "High-Dose" Olanzapine for the Treatment of Adolescents With Schizophrenia
The results of a 12-week, double-blind, randomised study published in the March issue of Biological Psychiatry suggest that clozapine is more effective than "high-dose" olanzapine for the treatment of...
Comparison of antipsychotic treatments in adolescents with schizophrenia
There is a wealth of scientific literature available on the treatment of adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. However, there is a paucity of data to guide the treatment of children and adolescents wit...
Shape Abnormalities Found In Thalamus Of Siblings Of Schizophrenia Patients
Subtle malformations in the shape of the thalamus in the brain are generally found in schizophrenic patients -- and their healthy siblings appear to display the same abnormalities, according to a stud...
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SCIENTISTS who develop drugs are familiar with disappointment — brilliant theories that don’t pan out or promising compounds derailed by unexpected side effects. They are accustomed to small steps...
Schizophrenia Drug’s Dosage Drives Success
The Vanderbilt physician who in the late 1980s established the antipsychotic drug clozapine as the gold standard for treating patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia has improved on his own re...
Effective new treatment for schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating of the major psychiatric disorders, and is also one of the most difficult to treat. Although numerous antipsychotic treatments are available, they can cau...
Brain Differences Identified In Adolescents With Mental Illness
Puberty may have an impact on areas of the brain that contribute to bipolar disorder or schizophrenia in youth, according to a study presented December 7 at the annual meeting of the American College ...
Study Questions 'Real World' Benefits of Newer Antipsychotics
The second-generation antipsychotics may not change the compromised neurobiology that underlies cognitive deficits.Are the cognitive benefits claimed by manufacturers of second-generation antipsychoti...
How Schizophrenia Develops: Major Clues Discovered
Schizophrenia may occur, in part, because of a problem in an intermittent on/off switch for a gene involved in making a key chemical messenger in the brain, scientists have found in a study of human b...
Schizophrenics gain by practice, not meds
A U.S. study suggested cognitive gains in schizophrenic patients treated with newer antipsychotic medications are due to practice effects, not the drugs.Second-generation antipsychotic medicines were ...
New Medication For The Treatment Of Schizophrenia Significantly Reduces Symptoms And Improves Patients’ Daily Lives(1,2)
INVEGA™ controls symptoms around the clock and may reduce the risk of some drug interactions, which can be a problem in the treatment of schizophreniaToronto, ON .- Health Canada has approved INVEGA...