News tagged with delusions
Sensory deprivation can produce hallucinations in only 15 minutes
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(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.
Smoking during pregnancy puts children at risk of psychotic symptoms
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms in their teenage years.
Delusions associated with consistent pattern of brain injury
Jan 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
Increased symptoms lead mentally disordered to become victims of violence
Apr 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
Childhood abuse associated with onset of psychosis in women
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 01, 2009 |
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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. ...
