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Mental Health Researchers Reject Psychiatry’s New Diagnostic ‘Bible’
Just weeks before psychiatry’s new diagnostic “bible”—the DSM 5— is set to be released, the world’s major funder of mental health research has announced that it...
Too Old To Be A Dad?
Men, beware: your sperm may not be aging as gracefully as you are. The biological clock, science has found, ticks for both sexes You don't need to know my exact...
Do Men Really Have a Biological Clock?
The fertility issues facing men and women still have profoundly different implications
Google Searches Reveal Seasonal Trends in Mental Illnesses
It's easy to appreciate the seasonality of winter blues, but web searches show that other disorders may ebb and flow with the weather as well. Google searches...
What Really Causes Violence in Psychosis?
The latest study investigates how anger anger associated with delusions — not simply being out of touch with reality — is critical in determining whether...
Mental Illness Increases Risk of Being Homicide Victim
Study highlights surprising rate of victimization of the mentally ill
Most Common Psychiatric Disorders Share Genetic Roots
Diverse mental illnesses may actually represent variations on a common theme rather than separate disorders. A quiet autistic child is certainly unlike a manic...
Autism and Schizophrenia May Develop During Short Period of Time in Infancy
Genes connected to the two disorders may only be active for a brief window of time. The study, while in mice, could provide clues about how the developmental...
Should Mentally Ill Patients Be Allowed to Smoke?
Smoking has long been tolerated in psychiatric institutes, but administrators want to ban the habit
Oxytocin May Forge Bonds Between Dads and Children
The latest research suggests the 'love hormone' could also help in treating conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and addiction that are triggered by...
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Flu in pregnancy may quadruple child's risk for bipolar disorder
The findings add to mounting evidence of possible shared underlying causes and illness processes with schizophrenia, which some studies have also linked to prenatal exposure to...
Immune Cells Regulate Brain Development
The finding may reveal insights into neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and schizophrenia. ...
Weight Loss in People with Serious Mental Illness
A new study showed that a weight-loss intervention can help overweight and obese people with serious mental illnesses -- such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major...
' Catastrophic' schizophrenia care
An independent inquiry has concluded that a major overhaul is needed in the system for caring for people with schizophrenia. ...
