Schizophrenia News

People With Serious Mental Illness Can Lose Weight, Too

March 23rd, 2013
 People With Serious Mental Illness Can Lose Weight, Too  People with serious mental illnesses — such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression — can lose weight and keep it off ...

Early On, Schizophrenia Marked By Worse Cognitive Problems Than Bipolar

March 23rd, 2013
Schizophrenia Marked By Worse Cognitive Problems Early On Than BipolarAlthough patients with bipolar disorder, bipolar psychosis, and schizophrenia share several early risk factors, patients with schizophrenia often have more severe cognitive problems during ...

Ambien May Help to Improve Memory

March 13th, 2013
Ambien May Help to Improve Memory New research confirms that memory is improved during sleep and that a common sleep aid may enhance the memory consolidation process. Researchers from UC Riverside discovered sleep spindles ...

Magnetic Brain Stimulation — rTMS — Can Improve Memory in Schizophrenia

March 13th, 2013
Magnetic Brain Stimulation Improves Memory in Schizophrenia Those with schizophrenia are often functionally limited by mental or cognitive impairments. Memory, attention, IQ, and verbal and motor skills are often disrupted, and these deficits tend to ...

Virus-Gene Interaction May Increase Risk of Schizophrenia

March 9th, 2013
Virus-Gene Interaction May Increase Risk of Schizophrenia  An international team of researchers has found that a combination of a particular virus in the mother and a specific gene variant in the child ...

For Specific Genotype, Supplements May Help Improve Negative Schizophrenia Symptoms

March 7th, 2013
For Specific Genotype, Supplements May Help Improve Negative Schizophrenia Symptoms  Emerging research suggests adding the dietary supplements folate and vitamin B12 to treatment with antipsychotic medication probably does not improve the negative ...

Mouse Study Suggests Right Environmental Factors May Induce Schizophrenia

March 4th, 2013
Mouse Study Suggests Right Environmental Factors May Induce Schizophrenia Swiss researchers believe they have discovered a method by which prenatal factors coupled with stress during puberty ...

Several Mental Disorders Share Some of the Same Genes

March 2nd, 2013
Several Mental Disorders Share Some of the Same GenesA new report reveals that major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia -- and possibly autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity ...

Age-Related Decline in IQ Linked to Schizophrenia Risk

February 24th, 2013
Age-Related Decline in IQ Linked to Schizophrenia RiskA person who is at greater risk for developing schizophrenia is more likely to experience a decline in IQ ...

Mental Health Checkups as Important as Annual Physicals

February 18th, 2013
Mental Health Checkups as Important as Annual Physicals It is common practice for an adult to visit their physician every few years to get a physical. The ...