Schizophrenia patients misinterpret anger
A study shows that patients with schizophrenia struggle to recognize angry facial expressions, often mistaking them for fear. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Research supports polygenic phenotype in schizophrenia
Cumulative genetic risk for schizophrenia has been linked to impaired prefrontal brain activity, in findings that support an additive genetic risk model for a polygenic phenotype. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Paranoia impacts facial emotion recognition in schizophrenia
Researchers report that patients with schizophrenia differ in their ability to recognize facial emotions depending on whether they have the paranoid or non-paranoid subtype. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Birth weight linked to neurocognition in schizophrenia
Lower birth weight is associated with greater impairments in specific areas of neurocognition among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, report US researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
CVD risk increased in Chinese patients with schizophrenia
Chinese patients with schizophrenia have an elevated mean 10-year risk for cardiovascular disease, researchers have found. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Schizophrenia may shorten lifespan
Study results suggest that individuals with schizophrenia die at a younger age than the general population. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Obesity linked to reduced cognition in schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia who are obese have poorer cognitive function than their normal-weight counterparts, results from a Chinese study show. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Obesity impacts quality of life in Japanese schizophrenia patients
Obesity has a significant and negative impact on the quality of life of Japanese patients with schizophrenia, study findings show. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Obesity linked to reduced cognition in schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia who are obese have poorer cognitive function than their normal-weight counterparts, results from a Chinese study show. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Obesity impacts quality of life in Japanese schizophrenia patients
Obesity has a significant and negative impact on the quality of life of Japanese patients with schizophrenia, study findings show. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 16, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cortisol levels predict psychosis risk
Cortical secretion is heightened in people at clinical high risk for psychosis, and it is associated with symptom severity and symptom progression, indicate initial findings from the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - April 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
