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People with serious mental illness may have higher risk of heart disease:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Dallas (Texas) [US], March 10 (ANI): A new analysis of nearly 600,000 adults in the US revealed that those diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder might have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease at younger ages compared to adults not diagnosed with one o
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Study examines role of communication defects in psychotic disorders
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 7 (ANI): Communication between brain areas is essential for the brain to properly process sensory signals and adopt an appropriate behavioural response. Dysfunctions in these communication pathways have a lot of chances to be correlated with the onset of schizophr
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Research suggests virtual reality 'shopping task' can help reduce cognitiv
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [England], January 29 (ANI): Virtual reality games and tests are known to help children improve cognitive skills, but what about adults? New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, has made some interesting discoveries
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Study finds insights on how we learn to learn
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 3 (ANI): A new study examined cognitive training designed to focus on what's important while ignoring distractions can enhance the brain's information processing, enabling the ability to "learn to learn".
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Rates of type 2 diabetes higher in people with common psychiatric disorder
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): A new study has found that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is elevated in people with a psychiatric disorder compared with the general population.
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Researchers discover gene variants linked to severe schizophrenia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): A new study has found that people who suffer from a severe form of schizophrenia have a significantly higher number of rare mutations than more typical forms of the illness.
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Study identifies gene variants linked to severe schizophrenia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): Researchers have found that individuals who suffer from the most severe form of schizophrenia have a significantly higher number of rare mutations than more typical forms of the illness.
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Study finds emotion regulation much harder for those with schizophrenia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Athens [US], December 11 (ANI): A new study has found that schizophrenia patients are able to manage low levels of negative emotions but struggle as those negative emotions increase.
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God Flipped Me Off, a new fiction book by Ganesh Rajan explains schizophre
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 23 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Ganesh Rajan, the author of "I, Me and Us" [Westland 2015] now follows up with a new fictional book, "God Flipped Me Off."
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Study: Mental health conditions not linked to allergies including asthma,
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): Researchers from Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences (PHS) and School of Psychological Science busted rumours and found out that allergic diseases do not cause mental health traits including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizoph
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Similar circuit malfunctions exhibited by some brain disorders
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Cambridge [UK], June 30 (ANI): During a new study MIT researchers uncovered a common neural mechanism for a type of cognitive impairment seen in some people with autism and schizophrenia, though the genetic variations that produce the impairments are different for each condition.
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Young adults with schizophrenia have highest suicide risk: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A new study has found that young adults with schizophrenia have the highest suicide risk and those aged 65 and older have the lowest.
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