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Schizophrenia Test - Articles
Tests & Diagnostics for Schizophrenia
by
Health Team
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm
Here is a list of some of the common tests and diagnostics for Schizophrenia:
Emotional Stress
Global Assessment Of Functioning
Neuropsychological
Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging
Of course, these are just some of the common tests and diagnostics for Schizophrenia.
You can connect with experts and other people who have
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N-acetylcysteine Holds Promise for Chronic Schizophrenia
by
Gina Nick
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm
A new research study shows that supplementation with N-acetylcysteine significantly improves symptoms in schizophrenia patients in as little as two weeks.
In the study, 140 patients (mean age, 37 years) with chronic schizophrenia were randomly assigned to receive, in double-blind fashion, NAC (1 g twice a day) or placebo, in addition
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Brain estrogen shows promise as schizophrenia treatment
by
Kathy J.
Posted
Fri 09 Apr 2010 8:20am
An estrogenic drug that influences neurotransmitter and neuronal systems in the brain is showing promise as an effective therapy for women who suffer from schizophrenia.
A study has found that Raloxifene – a synthetic estrogen currently used to treat osteoporosis – has beneficial effects on postmenopausal women with schizophrenia, with a test group
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Rat or Mouse Exhibiting Behaviors Associated with Human Schizophrenia
by
nih.gov
Posted
Tue 31 Oct 2006 4:00pm
for testing promising therapies for this disorder.
This invention provides a unique and surprisingly accurate animal model for human schizophrenia. The animals are brain damaged... of schizophrenia. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2004 Jul;29(4):282-286. [ PubMed abs ]
BK Lipska and DR Weinberger. To model a psychiatric disorder in animals: schizophrenia as a reality test
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Dr. Carl Pfeiffer's 29 medical causes of schizophrenia
by
Rossa Forbes
Posted
Fri 02 Oct 2009 3:05pm
When people first fall into the rabbit hole of schizophrenia, the logical question to ask is "what causes schizophrenia?" A psychiatrist's standard answer to this question... child's schizophrenia. I'm not interested in schizophrenia in a population.
A lady I am acquainted with was convinced that a particular acne medication may have triggered her
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The Genetics of Schizophrenia
by
Kate McLaughlin.
Posted
Fri 26 Sep 2008 5:17pm
. It shares a small glimmer of hope in the world of mental health research.
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness affecting 1 in every 100 people at some point during their lives... to that goal by identifying sections of the human genome that, when deleted, can elevate the risk of developing schizophrenia 15-fold, as compared to the general population
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In schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, life is not black and white
by
Kathy J.
Posted
Thu 04 Feb 2010 6:55am
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder affect tens of millions of individuals around the world. These disorders have a typical onset in the early twenties and in most cases... deficits may contribute to the perceptual problems associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Over the past several years, research has suggested that cognitive
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Networking for Non-profits/Schizophrenia Closer Than You Think
by
Valash
Posted
Wed 20 May 2009 1:20pm
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Someone that I am working with has a sister who has schizophrenia. Schizophrenia affects people close to me too, besides family. In fact, the National Alliance on Mental Illness... that I am trying to overcome, because schizophrenia affects only about one percent of the United States population. (Maybe the illness affects more people than what is being
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Overcoming Schizophrenia Blog Anniversary (Yay!)
by
Valash
Posted
Wed 09 Sep 2009 10:52pm
schizophrenia diagnosis in the summer of 2007 when I had an unfortunate situation that led to my arrest, hospitalization, and eventual recovery stage. Since then, I have experienced...Dear Reader,
It has been one year since I started the Overcoming Schizophrenia blog (Yay!) and we have learned a lot about schizophrenia and other mental illnesses
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