]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/schizophrenia Blog Articles Tagged with 'schizophrenia' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/926998?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Happy 2009!We re leaving tonight on the red-eye to go back from the Bay Area to New Jersey so, in the interest of being able to spend more time in the California sunshine with my guys and my parents, and since it is, indeed, 2009, a few more highli... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/926998?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:54:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/926618?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia In spite of that big broken water main, the FDA managed to make a bit of news before everything shuts down for the holiday. Three key items:1. The agency isn t ready to approve AstraZeneca s drug Seroquel XR for major depressive disorder, the com... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/926618?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:51:51 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/926056?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia I've railed before about the widespread problem of off-label prescribing, where doctors order a medication for a purpose other than that originally approved by the FDA. For instance, a common off-label application occurs when a patient complains o... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/baseline-of-health/926056?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:12:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925656?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Pages: 1 2 3 Next Single Page As another year comes to a close, it s time to review what made the biggest news in 2008 in mental health and psychology. Of course, the biggest news of the year the historic election of Barack Obama ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925656?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:12:26 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925126?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia After surviving a suicide attempt, why does a person want to live again? Researchers at McMaster University are doing a study to find out, and seek your help. Firsthand survivors of suicide attempts are invited to describe what it was like. They espe... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925126?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:24:05 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925134?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Pages: 1 2 Next Single Page Nearly a year ago, a tragic story unfolded as Danielle and Ken Lambert handed their two children a 5 year old daughter and a 4 year old son over to Danielle s twin sister, Marcelle Thibault, to drive... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/925134?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:29:55 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924583?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Although there s no news here (since the original study was published two years ago), TIME has run a thoughtful piece about the reasons why people diagnosed with serious mental illness typically have a shorter lifespan. The primary reasons, when yo... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924583?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:59:35 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924584?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Walking the proverbial mile in someone else s shoes just got significantly easier, thanks to the work of a group of Swedish neuroscientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Using virtual reality headsets with special camera goggles, the re... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/924584?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:07:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923540?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia New theory says autism and schizophrenia same disease, says today s Chronicle-Herald about the new theory about autism and genetics. According to this latest theory (per last Tuesday s New York Times), an evolutionary tug of war between genes ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/923540?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:54:20 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923324?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia A new theory has emerged about the genetic basis of mental disorders, and it has to do with our parental genes fighting for dominance. The theory outlines that genes from the father s sperm are in an evolutionary tug-of-war with genes from the mot... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923324?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:16:49 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923558?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia A new theory has emerged about the genetic basis of mental disorders, and it has to do with our parental genes fighting for dominance. The theory outlines that genes from the father s sperm are in an evolutionary tug-of-war with genes from the mot... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/genetics-health/923558?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:16:49 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923156?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Today, The New York Times has a look at mind control websites and online communities that reinforce the delusional beliefs of its members: Identified by some psychologists and psychiatrists as part of an extreme community on the Internet that a... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/923156?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:03:47 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/922842?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia [A] sweeping theory of brain development that would change the way mental disorders like autism and schizophrenia are understood a new idea that provides psychiatry with perhaps its grandest working theory since Freud, and one tha... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/922842?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:32:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922738?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia People who have schizophrenia often experience delusions, false beliefs about some aspect of the world. While we may all carry around an occasional false belief ( rush hour traffic won t be so bad today ), someone with schizophrenia has false b... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/922738?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:13:46 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/922386?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia A gene linked to susceptibility to autism, CNTNAP2, has also been connected to specific language impairment, the most common childhood language disorder, as reported yesterday in Reuters. The study, A Functional Genetic Link between Distinct Develop... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/922386?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:58:01 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/921981?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Today s ABC News reports on the difficulty of getting a diagnosis of autism. 29-year-old Jason Ross was 25 when he was diagnosed with Asperger s Syndrome; his mother, Lois Ross, describes how he was first said to have speech delay, attention def... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/autism-vox/921981?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:33:12 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/921638?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia This is just a hoot! TIME magazine has released its guide to 50 Best Inventions of 2008, and the numero uno on the list, The Retail DNA Test, is not even an invention. Based on old technology, called SNP genotyping, Retail DNA Testing (also known as ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/med-gadget/921638?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:45:28 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/921201?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Below is a guest post from Tim Desmond. I do not necessarily agree with all of the the contents of the post below, but I thought the topic was thought-provoking and controversial, so I have agreed to publish it. Feel free to add comments as you see f... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/clinical-psychology/921201?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:35:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/920700?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Blogs tend to have a short life cycle, with most lasting under two years before fading into archival heaven. Last year Psych Central compiled a list of the top ten bipolar blogs, written by people who have a bipolar spectrum disorder. We re glad th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/world-of-psychology/920700?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:56:49 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/919898?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia A recent correspondence on the topic of Why aren t there more drugs for the big CNS disorders got me thinking about the topic. My take, having worked in the field, is that there is still so much unmet need in that area because we just don t... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/919898?rsstype=tag&tag=schizophrenia Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:36:36 -0400