News tagged with psychotic patients
Carrot or bribe? Rewards for healthier lifestyle stir debate
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Health authorities and corporations are increasingly offering money to people who quit smoking, lose weight or take medicine, despite uncertainty that such incentives work beyond a few months, doctors said on Friday.
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Cannabis/schizophrenia link questioned
Jul 26, 2007 |
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The Swiss government is questioning the results of a study showing a link between marijuana use and schizophrenia.
Anti-psychotic drugs could help fight cancer
Aug 12, 2009 |
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The observation that people taking medication for schizophrenia have lower cancer rates than other people has prompted new research revealing that anti-psychotic drugs could help treat some major cancers.
Ayd, who advanced thorazine use, dies
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Dr. Frank Ayd Jr., a pioneer in the field of psychopharmacology, has died in Baltimore from complications of coronary artery disease at age 87.
Substance abuse, schizophrenia and risk of violence
Aug 11, 2009 |
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A study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine demonstrates that there is an association between schizophrenia and violence, but shows that this association is greatly increased by drug and alcohol abuse. ...
Violence declines with medication use in some with schizophrenia
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Some schizophrenia patients become less prone to violence when taking medication, but those with a history of childhood conduct problems continue to pose a higher risk even with treatment, according to a new study by researchers ...
Lack of motivation in schizophrenia linked to brain chemical imbalance
May 08, 2008 |
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A study of patients with psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia suggests an alternative explanation for why many sufferers lack motivation. The research is described today BioMed Central’s journal BMC Psychiatry.
Study: Clozapine may have saved schizophrenics
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Thousands of people with schizophrenia worldwide could have been saved if doctors had prescribed them the anti-psychotic drug clozapine, a new study says.
Researchers discover link between schizophrenia and diabetes
Mar 30, 2009 |
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People with schizophrenia are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes, Medical College of Georgia researchers have found.
New links between lucid dreaming and psychosis could revive dream therapy in psychiatry
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Similarities in brain activity during lucid dreaming and psychosis suggest that dream therapy may be useful in psychiatric treatment, a European Science Foundation (ESF) workshop has found. This is strengthened by the potential ...
Incorrectly cleaved protein leads to schizophrenia
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Schizophrenia is a disease that strikes an average of 4000 Belgians every year. The causes of this psychiatric disorder are not yet clear. But now, VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered ...
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