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Oprah: The 7 Year Old With Schizophrenia

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

On October 6, 2009, the popular television show Oprah aired a program about a 7 ...

Glenn Close Tackles Mental Illness

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

"Mental illness is just part of the human condition," Glenn Close said Oct. 21 on "Good Morning America." Halleluia! A Hollywood response to all ...

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Breakthrough for Schizophrenia and Bipolar

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Earlier today, we reported that NIMH-funded researchers at three different genetic research institutes from around the world collaborated and published three new studies yesterday in the journal, ...

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Stalking Irish Madness: An Interview with Patrick Tracey

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Today I have the honor of interviewing Irish author Patrick Tracey, who penned an amazing book, "Stalking Irish Madness Searching for the Roots of My Family's Schizophrenia," for which he has won the ...

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Chasing the Genetic Ghosts of Mental Illness

Monday, June 29th, 2009

For decades, scientists have been making claims about the genetic roots of mental illness, ranging from schizophrenia and depression, to bipolar disorder and attention deficit disorder (ADHD). And for ...

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No Significant Relationship Between Violent Crime and Mental Illness

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

I hope that, once and for all, the message is clear -- someone who has a mental illness is at no greater risk for violent crime. So says a new study that looked at ...

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Hiding Akathisia in Abilify

Monday, May 11th, 2009

What if your new drug has an unwanted side effect that's going to impact sales if it becomes widely known? Well, in the case of Abilify (aripiprazole) apparently, you make that side effect's data difficult ...

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Surprise Approval of Fanapt Makes Stock Go Wild

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Shares of Vanda Pharmaceuticals, the makers of Fanapt (iloperidone), surged today after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sprang a surprise drug approval for Fanapt for schizophrenia late yesterday. In afternoon trading today, the stock hit ...

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Schizophrenia and Driving

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

When someone is recovering from a severe mental illness like schizophrenia -- a disorder that can seriously alter one's perception of reality -- sometimes awkward situations come up. Dr. Ron Pies, a contributor to ...

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A Tragedy in Milton

Monday, March 30th, 2009

In a quiet Massachusetts town called Milton, a man called Kerby Revelus stabbed two of his sisters to death, and attacked a third in their family home late Saturday afternoon. The third sister is in ...

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Texas State Hospital: Here’s The Bus Station, See ya!

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Just as you believe that maybe, perhaps, the tide is turning and the government that is charged with the responsibility and care of those most in need -- the severely mentally ill who are hospitalized ...

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Hearing Voices or Seeing Things? Cut Back on the Coffee

Friday, January 16th, 2009

As we reported yesterday, people with a higher caffeine intake, from sources such as coffee, tea and caffeinated energy drinks, are more likely to report hallucinatory experiences such as hearing voices and seeing things that ...

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