Sheila Jacobs

Contributing Writer

Sheila Jacobs is the president of STJ Editorial Services. For more than 25 years, Sheila has been providing writing, fact-checking, and editorial services to numerous clients in the medical education, promotional, and managed care arenas, from the conceptual stage through completion of the final editorial product. Her focus has been in a diverse array of therapeutic areas.

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High Rates of Low-Intensity Aggressive, Suicidal Behavior in Early Psychosis

Sheila Jacobs

September 13, 2019

This is the first study to report an association between obstetric complications, atypical development, and aggressive behavior in first-episode psychosis.

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Link Between Schizophrenia Liability and Magnified Psychological Stress Sensitivity

Sheila Jacobs

September 2, 2019

Among other findings, investigators unexpectedly found that a protective function of schizophrenia liability contrasts with the effect of positive features.

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Deficits in P300 Amplitude Associated With Psychosis Risk Syndrome

Sheila Jacobs

August 27, 2019

Researchers found that in patients with schizophrenia P3b might be a biomarker for clinical outcomes in psychosis risk syndrome.

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Antipsychotics Cause Short-Term Somatic Serious Adverse Events

Sheila Jacobs

August 22, 2019

Researchers found data that showed in older patients with schizophrenia that concurrently somatic serious adverse events occurred independent of treatment and due to treatment with antipsychotics.

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Extended Joint Models for Prediction of Psychosis Onset in High-Risk Patients

Sheila Jacobs

August 22, 2019

Researchers claim that dynamic risk calculator models that are used online show a higher prognostic accuracy than static models for extended joint modeling in the prediction of psychosis in patients who are at high risk for psychosis.

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