News tagged with psychosis
Coroner: Self-help course led to woman's suicide
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An Australian coroner said Tuesday that participation in an intense self-help course led a woman to suffer a psychotic breakdown before she stripped naked and leaped to her death from an office window ...
New study suggests minimal relationship between cannabis and schizophrenia or psychosis
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Last year the UK government reclassified cannabis from a class C to a class B drug, partly out of concerns that cannabis, especially the more potent varieties, may increase the risk of schizophrenia in young people. But the ...
Mad genius: Study suggests link between psychosis and creativity
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. Sylvia Plath stuck her head in the oven. History teems with examples of great artists acting in very peculiar ways. Were these artists simply mad or brilliant? According to new research reported ...
Early and network-oriented care may help adolescents at risk of developing psychosis
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 14, 2009 |
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Family and network oriented, stress-reducing care improves level of overall functioning and mental health in adolescents at risk of developing psychosis, suggests a recent Finnish study.
Children bullied at school at high risk of developing psychotic symptoms
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children who are bullied at school over several years are up to four times more likely to develop psychotic-like symptoms by the time they reach early adolescence.
