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Identifying the Clinical Determinants of Fever in Clozapine Treatment

Investigators found data that showed in patients who were treated with clozapine, the risk of infection was higher compared with patients who were treated with other antipsychotics.
Improving Treatment Adherence in Schizophrenia: Long-Acting Injectables

Psychiatrists give insight into managing treatment adherence in schizophrenia.
Implications of Menopause in Schizophrenia Treatment

Investigators posit that endogenous estrogen may have a protective effect against schizophrenia.
Is Placebo Use Questionable in Schizophrenia Relapse Studies?

Researchers weigh in on the use of placebo-controlled trials in schizophrenia.
Suicide Prevention in Schizophrenia, Obstacles and Awareness

Younger age is associated with being a risk for suicide in patients with schizophrenia, due to the onset of the disease more than age, according to researchers.

News

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Reward Learning May Be an Important Familial Marker in Schizophrenia

Cortical Volumetric Asymmetry Development and Increased Psychosis Risk

EEG brain linking

Oscillatory Electroencephalography Biomarkers May Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia

White pills and a bottle

Second-Generation Antipsychotics as Targeted Treatment in Schizophrenia

Journal Articles

Luo Q, Chen Q, Wang W, et al. Association of a schizophrenia-risk nonsynonymous variant with putamen volume in adolescents: A voxelwise and genome-wide association study [published online January 16, 2019]. JAMA Psychiatry. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4126

Whitton AE, Green AI, Pizzagalli DA, Roth RM, Williams JM, Brunette MF. Potent dopamine D₂ antagonists block the reward-enhancing effects of nicotine in smokers with schizophrenia [published online January 22, 2019]. Schizophr Bull. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sby185

Pinar SE, Tel H. The effect of music on auditory hallucination and quality of life in schizophrenic patients: a randomised controlled trial. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2018;15:1-8.

Gomes FV, Zhu X, Grace A, Stress during critical periods of development and risk for schizophrenia [published online January 30, 2019]. Schizophr Res. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.01.030

Zhuo C, Jiang D, Liu C, et al. Understanding auditory verbal hallucinations in healthy individuals and individuals with psychiatric disorders [published online February 19, 2019]. Psychiatry Res. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.02.040

Related Links

American Psychiatric Association
https://www.psychiatry.org/

Schizophrenia International Research Society
https://schizophreniaresearchsociety.org/

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
www.bbrfoundation.org/research/schizophrenia

Patient Education Materials

US Department of Health and human Services.
What Is Schizophrenia?
https://www.hhs.gov/answers/mental-health-and-substance-abuse/what-schizophrenia/index.html

American Psychiatric Association
Schizophrenia: Patient Story
https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/schizophrenia/patient-story

MPR Schizophrenia Patient Information Fact Sheet
https://www.empr.com/home/tools/patient-fact-sheets/schizophrenia-patient-information-fact-sheet/

World Health Organization
who.int/mental_health/management/schizophrenia

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