When Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder Combine Borderline Personality Disorder was so named in the middle of the 20th century to describe a psychiatric disorder thought to be bordering psychosis and …
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Mechanism for Specific Symptoms of Bipolar Disorder Discovered …
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, and the Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University in Sweden have identified a gene variant linked to psychotic symptoms and cognitive impairment in people with bipolar disorder.
Rethinking How We Diagnose Psychosis – Scientific American Blog …
Moving psychiatry into a new era of biologically based diagnosis has been a long sought goal—and a priority at the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH), where I served as director for 13 years until recently. Now a study …
Biological Markers For Psychotic Disorders May Lead To Improved …
Researchers identified biological markers for mental health conditions such as psychosis, for which no objective tests exist. These biomarkers are deemed potentially more effective in classifying mental disorders than mere …
1/2 joint of marijuana causes schizophrenia-like symptoms
(London Daily Mail) Smoking cannabis can induce psychosis-like effects, similar to the symptoms people diagnosed with schizophrenia endure, scientists have said. While past research as come this this conclusion in the past …