Stopping antipsychotic drugs early has long-term pay-off
Patients with first-episode psychosis are much more likely to achieve functional recovery in the long term if they reduce or discontinue antipsychotic drugs soon after symptomatic remission, rather than staying on maintenance treatment, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - July 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Tasks identify cognitive deficit targets in schizophrenia
Researchers have identified three measures of neurocognitive impairment in patients with schizophrenia that stand up to repeated assessment, making them suitable for intervention studies. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - July 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cognitive outweighs clinical insight for predicting psychosis outcome
Cognitive insight, rather than clinical insight, may be a useful prognostic indicator of future psychopathology in patients experiencing their first psychotic episode, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - July 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Parental communication linked to children’s psychosis risk
Communication deviance in parents is associated with increased psychosis risk in their children, a meta-analysis confirms. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - July 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
rTMS may ease negative schizophrenia symptoms
High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex results in significant improvements in negative schizophrenia symptoms, shows a randomized, sham-controlled trial. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - July 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Conflicting public attitudes to schizophrenia
People are becoming more ready to accept a biologic explanation for schizophrenia, shows a German study spanning 21 years. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Subclinical psychosis rarely troublesome
Subclinical psychotic symptoms are quite common in the general population, but rarely cause distress, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 27, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Prodromal psychosis service leads the way
The success of a prodromal psychosis service in London could pave the way for similar services worldwide, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
White matter changes a family affair in schizophrenia
Similar but attenuated loss of white matter integrity to that found in patients with schizophrenia can also be observed in their first-degree relatives, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Treatment adherence predicts QoL in schizophrenia
Whether or not patients with schizophrenia adhere to treatment could directly impact on their quality of life, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia upheld
Findings from a meta-analysis and systematic review refute the common view of clinicians that cognitive deficits worsen during the early stages of psychosis. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cognitive psychosis impact extends to relatives
The cognitive deficits commonly seen in patients with psychotic disorders are also present in their first-degree relatives, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Functional, structural brain changes dissociated in schizophrenia
Functional and anatomic changes affect separate parts of the brain in antipsychotic-naïve patients with first-episode schizophrenia, shows an imaging study. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Schizoaffective disorder the ‘most severe’ psychosis
Schizoaffective disorder may be the most serious of the psychotic disorders in terms of patients’ long-term cognitive outcomes, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Methylation patterns influence schizophrenia symptoms
DNA methylation of some genes in blood appears to be significantly altered in patients with schizophrenia, the patterns of which may influence symptoms, researchers have found. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - June 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
