News tagged with psychotic illness
Psychotic illness appears to begin at younger age among those who use cannabis
A new study has provided the first conclusive evidence that cannabis use significantly hastens the onset of psychotic illnesses during the critical years of brain development - with possible life-long consequences.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 07, 2011 |
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What proportion of psychotic illness is due to cannabis?
In this week's PLoS Medicine, a team of researchers from Australia and the US, led by Louisa Degenhardt at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, makes the case for estimating the role that cannabis has worldwide as a r ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Substance abuse, schizophrenia and risk of violence
A study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine demonstrates that there is an association between schizophrenia and violence, but shows that this association is greatly increased by drug and alcohol abuse. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Schizophrenia does not increase risk of violent crime
In the debate surrounding violent crimes referred to as "acts of madness" or the like, it is often assumed that the violence is a direct result of the perpetrator's mental illness. Previous research suggests that people with ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 20, 2009 |
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Flow of potassium into cells implicated in schizophrenia
A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 06, 2009 |
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