More Schizophrenia & Psychosis News

• Brain Activity May Predict Schizophrenia Behavior

  June 18 (HealthDay News) British researchers say they have discovered a means of anticipating how ...

• Restrictive Prescription Drug Policies Hurt Schizophrenics

  April 1 (HealthDay News) -- Restrictive prescription drug policies can cause schizophrenia patients to stop ...

• New Drugs No Better Than Older Ones for Schizophrenia

  March 28 (HealthDay News) -- Newer, so-called second-generation antipsychotics are no better than the older ...

• Schizophrenia Tied to Multiple Genetic Errors

  March 27 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have found that deletions and duplications in DNA are ...

• Infection With Common Parasite Raises Schizophrenia Risk

  Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Infection with the common Toxoplasma gondii parasite -- carried by ...

• 5 Factors Help Predict Psychosis in Children

  Jan. 10 (HealthDay News) -- It may be possible to predict who will develop psychotic ...

• Diabetes Drug May Cut Med-Related Weight Gain

  Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Improved diet, more exercise and the diabetes medication metformin can ...

• Ketamine Impairs Brain by Releasing Superoxide

  Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they have figured out how the drug ketamine ...

• Genes Yield More Clues to Schizophrenia

  Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. team has spotted nine genetic markers that can ...

• Abilify Approved for Adolescents With Schizophrenia

  Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Bristol-Myers ...

• Schizophrenia Gene May Have On/Off Switch

  Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Working with a mouse model of schizophrenia, researchers believe they ...

• FDA Approves First Anti-Psychotic for Kids

  August 24 (HealthDay News) -- The powerful anti-psychotic drug Risperdal was approved by the U.S. ...

• Men Put Their Health on the Back Burner

  July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Men report skipping health screenings and avoiding doctor's visits in ...

• Antipsychotic Drugs Raise Death Rates in Elderly

  June 6 (HealthDay News) -- A new study adds to growing evidence that antipsychotic drugs ...

• Researchers ID Genes for Some Common Diseases

  June 6 (HealthDay News) -- In the largest study to date of the genetics of ...

• Mentally Ill Kids Face Widespread Stigma

  May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children with mental illness may face a double burden -- ...

• High Rate of Psychiatric Woes in Children Bereaved by 9/11

  March 21 (HealthDay News) -- In the years after the 2001 World Trade Center terrorist ...

• FDA Warns Internet Drug Sales May Be Bogus

  Feb. 22 (iVillage Total Health) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning ...

• Brain Gene Mutation Linked to Schizophrenia

  Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Mutations in genes that play a critical role in the ...