Negative Emotions Role in Schizophrenia
A person with schizophrenia typically experiences more negative emotions and has more stressors than average. A new study by University...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min
Anti-Antipsychiatry
A psychiatrist once told me that the only thing that would constitute a radical opinion in Psychiatry today was actually agreeing with...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 6, 2020
- 4 min
Sub-Types of Schizophrenia Identified
Psychiatrists led by Nikolaos Koutsouleris from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have used a computer-based approach to...
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Phil Harris
- Jan 14, 2020
- 6 min
Infection: What Role Does it Have in Schizophrenia?
My first day back at work in 2020 was with a fantastic team of mental health housing workers. We had an extensive debate on the role of...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
Hearing Voices Starts in Infancy
Some people suffering from severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, hear "voices," known as auditory hallucinations. This...
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Phil Harris
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Poor Impulse Control Across Mental Health Disorders
Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have a higher tendency to choose smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed...
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Phil Harris
- Apr 24, 2019
- 4 min
Schizophrenia: Why is Misdiagnosis so Common?
In a small study of patients referred to the Johns Hopkins Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic (EPIC), Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 15, 2018
- 2 min
Schizophrenia: Too Diverse to Diagnose?
Schizophrenia is an extremely variable psychiatric disorder which is diagnosed based on the presence of specific symptoms. Thomas Wolfers...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 23, 2018
- 3 min
Recovery from Schizophrenia is Possible
It has long been believed that only the minority of people could recover from schizophrenia. However, a Norwegian research team have...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 12, 2018
- 3 min
Stress Affects Schizophrenia Differently
Stressful situations affect the brain and body differently in people with schizophrenia compared to people without the mental illness or...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 4, 2018
- 1 min
Psychosis is an Auto-Immune Disease: A Review
There is a lot of interest in the role that the auto-immune system plays in the development of psychosis. For a very readable review of...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 10, 2018
- 2 min
Finally the Genes for Schizophrenia?
A USC research team identified 150 proteins affecting cell activity and brain development that contribute to mental disorders, including...
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Phil Harris
- May 31, 2018
- 4 min
Schizophrenia: Is the Placenta the Missing Link?
New research shines a spotlight on the placenta's critical role in the nature versus nurture debate and how it confers risk for...
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Phil Harris
- Jan 11, 2018
- 3 min
Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy: A Promising New Approach to Schizophrenia
A schizophrenia patient's own perceptions of their experiences -- and confidence in their judgments -- may be factors that can help them...
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Phil Harris
- Nov 26, 2017
- 1 min
Avatars: Promising New Treatment to Reduce Symptoms of Schizophrenia
An experimental therapy which involves a face-to-face discussion between a person with schizophrenia and an avatar representing their...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 29, 2017
- 3 min
Schizophrenia: A Wakeful Dream?
Many years ago I recall Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrell suggesting that schizophrenia may be caused by dream centers in the brain. A recent...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 14, 2017
- 2 min
Is a Cure for Cannabis Psychosis on Its Way?
An interesting break through in the study of cannabis psychosis has revealed not just a mechanism for the disorder but also a potential...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
Hearing Voices: New Research
A number of new studies have emerged that have revealed significant insight into the nature of hearing voices. The first study looked at...
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Phil Harris
- Jun 7, 2017
- 1 min
Schizophrenia: A Disease of the Immune System?
Recent developments in the area of immuno-psychiatry have begun to identify that prenatal viral infection may be responsible for the...
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