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Cambridge psychotic disorders study charts the past to anticipate the future

A new Cambridge-led study has examined the past 60 years of incidence data on psychotic disorders in England in the hope that the data can reveal clues about the possible social factors which appear to underpin ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Preventive treatment of pregnant women at high postpartum psychosis risk

(Medical Xpress) -- Twenty-nine pregnant women with a history of psychotic symptoms after previous deliveries, but not at other times, all remained stable without medication throughout their current pregnancies. Those who ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Migration at a young age is associated with increased risk of psychotic disorders

Recent research has found striking links between psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and certain types of international immigration. Now for the first time, a major study has found that immigrating in early childhood ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Half of Dutch teenagers regularly have a mild psychotic experience: study

Mild psychotic experiences, such as delusive ideas or moderate feelings of paranoia, regularly occur among adolescents. Of the almost 7700 Dutch young people aged 12 to 16 years who were investigated by NWO researcher Hanneke ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Push underway to cut drugs for dementia patients

Day after day, Hazel Eng sat on her couch, a blank stare on her face. The powerful antipsychotics she was taking often cloaked her in sedation. And when they didn't, the 89-year-old lashed out at her nursing home's aides ...

Medications created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain development goes off track as vulnerable individuals develop schizophrenia

11 May 2011 - Two new research studies published in Biological Psychiatry point to progressive abnormalities in brain development that emerge as vulnerable individuals develop schizophrenia.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 11, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In therapy with avatars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Combating phobias and psychotic disorders using virtual technology. This is what the work of TU Delft researcher Willem-Paul Brinkman involves. In the latest edition of Delft Outlook, TU Delft?s ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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