Tag Archives: psychosis

When Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder Combine

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 …

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 …