The suicide risk is “alarmingly high,” says Naomi Sadeh, a School of Medicine assistant professor of psychiatry and a psychologist at the National Center for PTSD. And the numbers raise important questions for researchers: …
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This Treatment Beats Light Therapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder …
The talk therapy was cognitive behavioral therapy, a treatment approach that taught people to challenge negative thoughts about dark winter months and to avoid behaviors, such as social isolation, that can harm mood.
New Drug Guidelines for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia | Psych …
Patients with schizophrenia who fail to respond to standard antipsychotic medications have better outcomes if they begin taking the drug clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic drug, instead of moving on to another standard …
Inflammation in Brain Linked to Schizophrenia Risk | Psych Central …
Inflammation in the brain is linked to a greater risk of schizophrenia, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The research is the first to show that immune cells are more active in the brains of …
Schizophrenia May Be Group of Disorders Affecting Different Brain …
Advanced brain imaging shows that certain behavioral symptoms of schizophrenia are linked to abnormalities in specific parts of the brain. The findings, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, could be a …