PET imaging in healthy volunteers, high-risk subjects and patients with schizophrenia shows a stepwise elevation in microglial activity (in orange) as the severity of the illness increases. Image: MRC Clinical Sciences Centre.
Category Archives: Mental Health Awareness
Smartwatch App Helps Veterans Suffering From PTSD | Ubergizmo
Skluzacek was inspired to create the app when his father, a military veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, came home and was affected by PTSD and night terrors. According to the Skluzacek's description, “To help …
Study finds inflammation in the brain is linked to risk of schizophrenia
A study published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry is the first to find that immune cells are more active in the brains of people at risk of schizophrenia as well as those already diagnosed with the disease.
Using lived experience in mental health care | Martin Webber's blog
There is increasing recognition of the value of lived experience and the important contribution people with personal experience of mental health issues can make to mental health care. Peer workers already exist in a number …
Mental Health Awareness Initiatives – Decision Support … – smh-assist
Planning a mental health awareness event, video, social media campaign, or resource? You may wish to review the Decision Support Tool for leadership teams, or for school principals, to ensure that you have thought through …