Use some of that attitude in rethinking your treatment and interaction with a person who suffers from schizophrenia who may live near you. This doesn't mean that you need to be overly friendly, but don't ignore them, engage them in conversation, but don't be intrusive. People with Sz, l...
Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Indonesia Schizophrenia Consortium Genetic REsearch on schizophreniA neTwork-China and the Netherlands (GREAT-CN) Contributions M.L. and H.H. performed the genotype quality control and PCA. M.L. and C.-Y.C. performed the association...
will be very mad at me and anyone else involved in having him evaluated against his will. He is still mad at me for taking part in the "intervention" back in November. I don't know what to do. Is there anyone in this group who was evaluated against thier will, how did you feel t...
A functional polymorphism, involving the presence of either valine or methione at codon 108 (in the soluble isoform of COMT, equivalent to codon 158 in the membrane-bound isoform of COMT) alters enzyme activity. The methione allele is less stable and thus has lower activity, suggesting the ...
Regardless of what’s actually happening in the brains of treated schizophrenics– and whether it’s “good” or “bad,” or whether it resembles the brain loss observed in birds living near Chernobyl— two things must be kept in mind. First, the patient’s well-being is of utmost importa...
Parietal cortex and episodic memory retrieval in schizophrenia[J] . Martin Lepage,Marc Pelletier,Amélie Achim,Alonso Montoya,Matthew Menear,Sam Lal.Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging . 2010 (3)Lepage M, Pelletier M, Achim A, Montoya A, Menear M, Lal S. Parietal cortex and episodic memory ...
"We problem-solve as a group in a light and supportive way, says Hassall. "It really helps destigmatize the illness and normalize the issues. There's a lot of support. You'll see family members of one family support the client of another family and vice versa." ...
122 with little or no impact on cognitive dysfunction.123 D-serine levels can also be increased by inhibiting its cataboliser D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO), which so far showed no efficacy on symptom severity.124 Modulations of AMPA receptors, which are colocalized in synapses near NMDA ...
but what impressed me especially was their profound isolation as children. In many cases, it was impossible to get the mentally ill parent anywhere near a psychiatrist or treatment facility. Saddest of all is that extended family members and sometimes the healthy parent turned a blind eye to the...
In the probe test, cKO mice spent less time swimming near the previous platform location compared with control mice, suggesting impaired memory (Figure 2b). The cKO mice had normal escape latencies when tested with a visible platform, indicating intact visual ability and motivation to escape (...