http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has found that even a short period of sensory deprivation is enough to produce hallucinations even in people who are not normally prone to them. http://www.physorg.com/news175504269.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:20:02 EST news175504269 Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years. http://www.physorg.com/news173595351.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:30:02 EST news173595351 Contrary to common stereotypes, individuals with major mental disorders are more likely to become victims of violent crimes when they are experiencing an increase in symptoms than they are to commit crime, according to a new study by Brent Teasdale, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Georgia State University. http://www.physorg.com/news158929220.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:01:18 EST news158929220 Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London have published new research which indicates that women with severe mental illness are more likely to have been abused in childhood that the general population. But the same association has not been found in men. http://www.physorg.com/news157786185.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:30:11 EST news157786185 A new study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. NYU Langone Medical Center researcher Orrin Devinsky, MD, performed an in-depth analysis of patients with certain delusions and brain disorders revealing a consistent pattern of injury to the frontal lobe and right hemisphere of the human brain. The cognitive deficits caused by these injuries to the right hemisphere, leads to the over compensation by the left hemisphere of the brain for the injury, resulting in delusions. The article entitled "Delusional misidentifications and duplications: Right brain lesions, left brain delusions" appears in the latest issue of the journal of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news151069576.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:46:16 EST news151069576