Negative Emotions Role in Schizophrenia
A person with schizophrenia typically experiences more negative emotions and has more stressors than average. A new study by University...
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Phil Harris
Jul 6, 20201 min read
Anti-Antipsychiatry
A psychiatrist once told me that the only thing that would constitute a radical opinion in Psychiatry today was actually agreeing with...
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Phil Harris
Mar 6, 20204 min read
Sub-Types of Schizophrenia Identified
Psychiatrists led by Nikolaos Koutsouleris from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have used a computer-based approach to...
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Phil Harris
Jan 14, 20206 min read
Infection: What Role Does it Have in Schizophrenia?
My first day back at work in 2020 was with a fantastic team of mental health housing workers. We had an extensive debate on the role of...
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Phil Harris
Oct 3, 20193 min read
Hearing Voices Starts in Infancy
Some people suffering from severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, hear "voices," known as auditory hallucinations. This...
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Phil Harris
Aug 30, 20192 min read
Poor Impulse Control Across Mental Health Disorders
Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have a higher tendency to choose smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed...
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Phil Harris
Apr 24, 20194 min read
Schizophrenia: Why is Misdiagnosis so Common?
In a small study of patients referred to the Johns Hopkins Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic (EPIC), Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers...
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Phil Harris
Oct 15, 20182 min read
Schizophrenia: Too Diverse to Diagnose?
Schizophrenia is an extremely variable psychiatric disorder which is diagnosed based on the presence of specific symptoms. Thomas Wolfers...
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Phil Harris
Jul 23, 20183 min read
Recovery from Schizophrenia is Possible
It has long been believed that only the minority of people could recover from schizophrenia. However, a Norwegian research team have...
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Phil Harris
Jul 12, 20183 min read
Stress Affects Schizophrenia Differently
Stressful situations affect the brain and body differently in people with schizophrenia compared to people without the mental illness or...
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Phil Harris
Jul 4, 20181 min read
Psychosis is an Auto-Immune Disease: A Review
There is a lot of interest in the role that the auto-immune system plays in the development of psychosis. For a very readable review of...
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Phil Harris
Jun 10, 20182 min read
Finally the Genes for Schizophrenia?
A USC research team identified 150 proteins affecting cell activity and brain development that contribute to mental disorders, including...
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Phil Harris
May 31, 20184 min read
Schizophrenia: Is the Placenta the Missing Link?
New research shines a spotlight on the placenta's critical role in the nature versus nurture debate and how it confers risk for...
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Phil Harris
Jan 11, 20183 min read
Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy: A Promising New Approach to Schizophrenia
A schizophrenia patient's own perceptions of their experiences -- and confidence in their judgments -- may be factors that can help them...
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Phil Harris
Nov 26, 20171 min read
Avatars: Promising New Treatment to Reduce Symptoms of Schizophrenia
An experimental therapy which involves a face-to-face discussion between a person with schizophrenia and an avatar representing their...
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Phil Harris
Sep 29, 20173 min read
Schizophrenia: A Wakeful Dream?
Many years ago I recall Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrell suggesting that schizophrenia may be caused by dream centers in the brain. A recent...
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Phil Harris
Sep 14, 20172 min read
Is a Cure for Cannabis Psychosis on Its Way?
An interesting break through in the study of cannabis psychosis has revealed not just a mechanism for the disorder but also a potential...
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Phil Harris
Sep 5, 20172 min read
Hearing Voices: New Research
A number of new studies have emerged that have revealed significant insight into the nature of hearing voices. The first study looked at...
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Phil Harris
Jun 7, 20171 min read
Schizophrenia: A Disease of the Immune System?
Recent developments in the area of immuno-psychiatry have begun to identify that prenatal viral infection may be responsible for the...
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