http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/ Daily Schizophrenia-related news, commentary and links to additional information. en-us 2007-12-13T20:51:09-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005852.html We encourage personal chronicles of schizophrenia through blogs or vlogs. The following are descriptions of a couple of personal blogs focused on the authors' experiences with schizophrenia: This first blog, titled Stiffen The Sinews, is the journal of a young... Schizophrenia Coping szwriter 2007-12-13T20:51:09-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005827.html We're aware of the current technical problems you're experiencing (that prevent you from posting messages in the discussion boards), and we're working hard on getting things back to normal right now. We've run into a number of problems. This may... szwriter 2007-12-13T20:46:00-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005839.html As we've reported in the past, research is revealing the specific aspects of family and environmental stressors that interact continually over time with a biologically predisposed brain to eventually trigger schizophrenia. Related to this topic, Researcher William McFarlane, M.D., a... Schizophrenia Education szwriter 2007-12-11T21:59:15-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005843.html This is a short film about a guy named Gary who became schizophrenic among the decadence and bright lights of the disco era. In this video he gives a good description of the strange associations that people with schizophrenia often... Kristin's Schizophrenia Video Blog Kristin 2007-12-11T17:26:12-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005833.html Hi Everyone! It is me, Kristin, again! Since some of us are people living with schizophrenia, I wanted to talk about different ways of dealing with stress in day to day life. In these first two videos I talk about... Kristin's Schizophrenia Video Blog Kristin 2007-12-11T11:24:06-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005837.html Yesterday, The New York Times, published an interesting article relevant to our website. The article, begins with the story of a boy diagnosed with high-functioning autism and discusses the increase in psychiatric and developmental diagnoses many children are receiving and... Schizophrenia Causes, Risk Factors & Prevention szwriter 2007-12-10T16:45:52-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005834.html Several new studies which were presented last week at the yearly meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ANCP) demonstrated that a genetic link exists between cancer and schizophrenia. Specifically, the studies found that people who suffer from schizophrenia are... Schizophrenia Biology szwriter 2007-12-10T13:41:05-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005826.html Recently, we've come across a website called Teen Ink. It's a website that, as implied by its name, focuses on writing and art created by teens. On it, we've found perspectives of teenagers who either suffer from mental illness themselves... Schizophrenia - Family impact szwriter 2007-12-10T11:21:52-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005825.html It's known that the street drug "Special K", proper name ketamine, though initially created for anesthetic purposes, because of its hallucinogenic qualities is used as a recreational drug. Unfortunately, and as we've covered in the past, ketamine is known to... Schizophrenia Biology szwriter 2007-12-07T11:28:47-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005816.html A new research study has confirmed the relationship between low birth weight and the later development of mental health problems. The study, which is published in this month's issue of the journal, Biological Psychiatry, looked at data collected during a... Schizophrenia Causes, Risk Factors & Prevention szadmin 2007-12-06T17:10:58-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005818.html I wanted to let you all know that I recently found out about a research project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health through the site here at schizophrenia.com and I am hoping that any of you out there... Kristin's Schizophrenia Video Blog Kristin 2007-12-06T13:27:26-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005809.html A statement by a child psychiatry research group today announced that even though little research supports it, recently, there has been a rise in the numbers of children being prescribed stimulants and psychiatric drugs including, antidepressants. In hopes of providing... Early Schizophrenia Treatment szadmin 2007-12-05T14:18:28-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005803.html A new study examines the factors associated with employment rates of people suffering from schizophrenia in Germany, the UK and France. The study finds that employment rates for people suffering from schizophrenia are higher in Germany than they are in... Schizophrenia Advocacy szadmin 2007-12-04T15:22:11-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005801.html Psychiatric problems often occur comorbidly, or in association with one another. A common comorbid disorder in association with mental illness is drug addiction. It has been hypothesized that this may be because people who suffer from mental illness are more... Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse szadmin 2007-12-04T12:30:51-08:00 http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/005810.html Scientists in New York have identified nine genetic markers that can increase a person's risk for schizophrenia. The research team uncovered original evidence that this disabling disorder can be inherited in a recessive manner. A recessive trait is one that... Schizophrenia Genetics szadmin 2007-12-04T10:10:43-08:00