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Smoking and Mental Illness | World of Psychology – Psych Central

According to the National Institutes of Mental Health, smoking can lessen the effects of antipsychotic medication. On the other hand, other studies have shown that smoking has positive effects on attention, working memory …

Leytonstone knife attacker suffers mental health problems, family …

A Somali-born British man who carried out a knife attack on a 56-year-old traveler at a London Underground station on Saturday was referred to police over mental health concerns three weeks before the incident, his family …

Brain Inflammation May Be Linked to Schizophrenia – Health News …

FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say they've found a link between brain inflammation and schizophrenia. British investigators used PET scans to assess immune cell activity in the brains of 56 people.

How PTSD Became a Problem Far Beyond the Battlefield – Vanity Fair

The U.S. military now has the highest rate of post-traumatic stress disorder in its history. Sebastian Junger investigates.

The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia – Version III

On November 27, 2014, the Division of Clinical Psychology of the British Psychological Society published a paper titled Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia. The paper was edited by Anne Cooke of Canterbury Christ …