Head injuries increase risk for psychiatric disorders
A Danish study of a large cohort of individuals who presented at hospital with head injuries has found that they were at increased risk for later developing schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and organic mental disorders. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 18, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Rich club disconnectivity may be ‘core’ schizophrenia feature
The impaired “rich club” connectivity observed in the brains of patients with schizophrenia is also present in their unaffected siblings, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 17, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Quitting cannabis improves psychosis treatment adherence
Quitting cannabis appears to improve medication adherence in the long-term among patients admitted for first-episode psychosis, researchers have found. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Adolescent brain remodeling goes awry in schizophrenia
A crucial reorganization process that occurs in the adolescent brain may be disturbed in those who go on to develop schizophrenia, a study suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Schizophrenia treatment responses follow distinct trajectories
The positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia generally change in parallel with each other, shows research, supporting the notion that the different symptom domains of the condition have a shared underlying pathology. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 11, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Childhood trauma linked to poor social functioning in adult psychosis
Adults with first-episode psychosis who report childhood trauma tend to have poorer social functioning than those without such a history, a prospective study has shown. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 10, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Brain network disruption crosses psychosis diagnostic boundaries
Disruption of cortical information processing occurs in patients with psychosis regardless of whether they have a psychotic or affective diagnosis, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 6, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cognitive performance in psychosis has roots in childhood
The cognitive performance of patients with first-episode psychosis is not related to how long psychosis or other psychiatric symptoms have remained untreated, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Childhood asthma, eczema linked to adolescent psychotic experiences
UK research indicates that children with asthma and eczema are significantly more likely to have psychotic experiences during adolescence, boosting a previously reported relationship between schizophrenia and atopic disorders. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Social defeat links past trauma to current psychosis
The feeling of social defeat may be responsible for the link between childhood trauma and psychosis, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - December 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Intraindividual variability may be early marker of schizophrenia
Intraindividual variation in cognitive processing is heightened in people in an at-risk mental state and those with schizophrenia compared with mentally healthy controls, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 29, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Substance use does not predict schizophrenia self-harm, violence
Substance misuse, although common among people with schizophrenia, does not heighten their risk for self-harm or violence, study findings show. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Neuroimaging could predict psychosis treatment response
Assessing white matter integrity in patients with first-episode psychosis may predict who will respond to antipsychotic treatment, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 27, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cognitive impairment predates psychosis onset
People at clinical or familial risk for schizophrenia have similar cognitive deficits to those in patients with first-episode schizophrenia, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Environment plays primary role in psychosis transition
Research suggests that exposure to environmental risk factors may be necessary for individuals at genetically high risk for psychosis to transition from good health to the psychiatric disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
