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Flu During Pregnancy Linked to Schizophrenia
Children born to women who contract the flu during pregnancy appear to have an increased risk
for schizophrenia later in life, new research suggests.
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New Schizophrenia Drugs Show Promise in Reducing Violence
Atypical antipsychotics appears to greatly reduce violent behavior in people with schizophrenia.
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A Mother and Family Found
Kristine Metoyer found exactly what she was looking for and discovered what
she least expected.
Her long, painful search for her birth mother finally brought her face to
face with the woman who'd given her up for adoption more than 30 years before.
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On our email buddy list, Paris writes:
"I am a 26 year old single mum who suffers from schizophrenia and
anorexia nervosa. I feel so alone in this. It would be nice to get to know
others in the same situation."
If you can help or provide support, email Paris here or post your comments on our Schizophrenia bulletin board.
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New Clinical Trials: Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia
NIMH is launching trials to help find drug treatments for attention, memory
and problem solving impairments associated with schizophrenia. Read more here.
Zyprexa Better Than Risperdal for Negative Symptoms
Results from clinical trials conducted by Eli Lilly indicate long-term treatment with Zyprexa demonstrated significant improvement versus Risperidone in
treating negative symptoms in people with Schizophrenia.
Find out why
Geodon Users May Actually Lose Weight
Many patients experience significant weight loss and reductions in cholesterol and triglyceride
levels if switched from their current anti-psychotics to Geodon, study reveals
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includes video).
Read about it here.
Development of
Schizophrenia in Brain
Researchers have scanned the progression of schizophrenia in the adolescent brain.
What they found is that these adolescents lose brain matter at an astounding rate -- faster
than even the rate of damage caused by alzheimers.
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Understanding Schizophrenia
Stopped Taking My Abilify
Nona writes on the HealthyPlace.com Schizophrenia Bulletin
Board:
"Well I stopped the Abilify and the voices are back again.
What am I to do? I can live with voices better than the side effects of the med.
So we'll see what my psych has to say, but he's not gonna like it.
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