Self-disorders highly specific to schizophrenia spectrum
Self-disorders – also known as anomalous self-experiences – are highly specific to individuals with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, Danish research indicates. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - February 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Disorganisation, verbal memory help shape QoL in schizophrenia
Disorganisation and cognition each influence quality of life in people with schizophrenia and are promising targets of interventions to improve functional outcomes, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - February 7, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cognitive therapy promising for patients who shun antipsychotics
Cognitive behavioural therapy is a promising option for patients with schizophrenia who refuse to take antipsychotics, show the findings of a pilot randomised trial. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - February 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Maternal influenza link to bipolar disorder refined
Research suggests that maternal influenza during pregnancy may increase the risk for bipolar disorder with psychotic features in offspring, rather than being associated with bipolar disorder per se. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - February 6, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Rare and de novo mutations flesh out schizophrenia picture
Two studies in Nature show that rare disruptive and de novo mutations may contribute to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - February 5, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
10-minute neurocognitive measure valid in schizophrenia
Canadian researchers have developed a 10-minute tool that they claim can “rapidly, easily, and validly” assess global neurocognition in people with schizophrenia. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - February 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Computerized cognitive training shows early promise in schizophrenia
Home-based computerized cognitive training has shown promise as a treatment for young people with schizophrenia, results of a randomized trial indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - February 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychiatrists urged to monitor metabolic changes in psychosis patients
Japanese psychiatrists are largely aware of the metabolic abnormalities that may arise from antipsychotic treatment, but most do not monitor their patients sufficiently, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - January 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Impaired cognitive insight linked to delusions in psychosis risk
High levels of self-certainty, one aspect of cognitive insight, are associated with the presence of delusional symptoms in people with at-risk mental states, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - January 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Continuity of care protects mental health patients
Research shows that seeing the same psychiatrist over time is associated with reduced mortality in patients using mental health services, particularly those with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, or schizophrenia. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - January 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Hippocampal activity may reflect ‘core’ schizophrenia traits
Hippocampal function may be a useful biomarker for the response of patients with schizophrenia to medication, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - January 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Psychosis risk factors have limited predictive power
Factors known to be linked to schizophrenia risk have little predictive power at either the individual or population level, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - January 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Social contact problems warn of future psychosis
Difficulties with social contact in adolescents from the general population are associated with later development of psychosis, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - January 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Childhood bereavement contributes to future psychosis risk
The death of a close family member during childhood is associated with an increased risk for future psychosis, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - January 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Blood methylome offers clues to schizophrenia
Researchers show that a methylome-wide association study of the blood can provide a glimpse of past environmental insults that may contribute to the development of schizophrenia. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - January 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
