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Schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2022
Schizophrenia, characterised by psychotic symptoms and in many cases social and occupational decline, remains an aetiological and therapeutic challenge. Contrary to popular belief, the disorder is modestly more common in men than in women. Nor is the outcome uniformly poor.
Jauhar, Sameer   +2 more
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Schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2016
Schizophrenia is a complex, heterogeneous behavioural and cognitive syndrome that seems to originate from disruption of brain development caused by genetic or environmental factors, or both. Dysfunction of dopaminergic neurotransmission contributes to the genesis of psychotic symptoms, but evidence also points to a widespread and variable involvement ...
Michael J Owen   +2 more
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Schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: yesMedicine, 2012
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness affecting several domains of cognition and behaviour. The illness most frequently becomes manifest in early adulthood, and often follows a chronic course. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality, and is a leading contributor to disease burden, health and social care costs throughout the world ...
Meyer, Nicholas, MacCabe, James H.
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Schizophrenia

open access: yesDeutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2020
The lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia is 1%. Schizophrenia is among the most severe mental illnesses and gives rise to the highest treatment costs per patient of any disease. It is characterized by frequent relapses, marked impairment of quality of life, and reduced social and work participation.The group entrusted with the creation of the German ...
Hasan, Alkomiet   +3 more
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Learnings from conducting mental health research during 2004 tsunami in Tamil Nadu, India

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background The Indian Ocean tsunami experience in 2004 caused a major loss of life and subsequent emotional trauma for survivors. Psychosocial needs in the aftermath of this disaster were extensive, yet the cohesion and effectiveness of response were ...
R. Padmavati   +6 more
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Reductions in midbrain GABAergic and dopamine neuron markers are linked in schizophrenia

open access: yesMolecular Brain, 2021
Reductions in the GABAergic neurotransmitter system exist across multiple brain regions in schizophrenia and encompass both pre- and postsynaptic components.
Tertia D. Purves-Tyson   +4 more
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Cognitive and negative symptoms in schizophrenia with L‐Carnosine adjuvant therapy – A randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled study

open access: yesPharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2023
The antioxidant L‐Carnosine is reported to improve negative and cognitive symptoms in Schizophrenia. A randomized double‐blind placebo‐controlled study was planned to study the effectiveness of adjuvant L‐Carnosine therapy in patients with Schizophrenia.
Hema Tharoor   +5 more
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Frequency of clinical appointments in subjects with emergent suicidal ideation

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder strongly associated with suicidal behaviour up to 20-50 times higher than those in the general population.
J. Qian, N. Yasmin, V. Deluca
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Schizophrenia-mimicking layers outperform conventional neural network layers [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers Neurorobot 16, 851471 (2022), 2020
We have reported nanometer-scale three-dimensional studies of brain networks of schizophrenia cases and found that their neurites are thin and tortuous compared to healthy controls. This suggests that connections between distal neurons are suppressed in microcircuits of schizophrenia cases.
arxiv   +1 more source

Psychoeducation for schizophrenia [PDF]

open access: yesCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010
Schizophrenia can be a severe and chronic illness characterised by lack of insight and poor compliance with treatment. Psychoeducational approaches have been developed to increase patients' knowledge of, and insight into, their illness and its treatment.
Xia, Jun   +2 more
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