Novel drug combats psychosis in Parkinson’s disease
The non-dopaminergic drug pimavanserin reduces psychotic symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease without worsening motor function, shows a randomized trial. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Treatment key to averting psychosis violence after prison release
The risk for violence after the release of prisoners with sexual or violent offences is increased if they have untreated psychosis, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 21, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Childhood social functioning predicts schizophrenia risk
Poor social functioning in childhood predicts an increased risk for schizophrenia later in life, suggest researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Cerebral basis for positive psychosis symptoms pinpointed
Altered activation in the secondary somatosensory cortex during sensorimotor experiences may underlie the flawed judgments resulting in positive schizophrenia symptoms, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Older age key to suicide risk in Asian patients with early psychosis
Suicide risk among patients with first-episode psychosis appears to be greatest for older individuals with severe symptoms that have gone untreated for a long time, Asian study findings indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Gray matter changes reflect psychosis burden
Changes in gray matter volume may be associated with psychosis burden rather than clinical diagnosis, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 14, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Switching focus underlies attention problems in schizophrenia
Impaired attention in patients with schizophrenia is related to difficulties in switching the focus of attention rather than in maintaining attention, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Novel approach confirms dysfunctional energy production in schizophrenia
A method of directly assessing creatine kinase in the brain provides “direct and compelling” evidence for abnormal bioenergetics in the brains of patients with schizophrenia, say the study authors. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Adherence to suicide risk assessment urged for schizophrenia patients
Many patients with schizophrenia who attempt suicide after hospital discharge missed out on a pre-discharge suicide risk assessment, shows a study from Denmark.
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Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 8, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Schizophrenia patients fare well with outpatient care
Study findings corroborate that patients with schizophrenia who receive outpatient care only during the early stages of their illness have better outcomes than those requiring inpatient hospitalization. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 7, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Population genetic studies may have limited role in schizophrenia
Studying the genetics of people in the general population who have psychotic experiences is unlikely to yield useful information about schizophrenia, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 6, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Lack of neurocognitive gender differences in early psychosis
Impairments in neurocognition do not occur at a higher rate in males than in females at the onset of psychosis, suggest findings published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Metacognitive training complements antipsychotic therapy
Metacognitive training may benefit patients with schizophrenia who only partially respond to antipsychotic treatment, study findings show. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - November 1, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Self-harm warns of repeated suicide attempt risk in schizophrenia
Individuals who have attempted suicide and also have a history of self-harm should be thoroughly assessed for psychotic symptoms in order to prevent delayed treatment and the risk for repeated suicide attempts, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 31, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Mood instability shapes psychotic experiences
Mood instability is a prominent feature of psychosis, say researchers who found it was associated with and predicted the presence of psychotic experiences such as paranoid ideation and auditory hallucinations. (Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia)
Source: MedWire News - Schizophrenia - October 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
