Nathan Filer's debut novel, The Shock Of The Fall, is a haunting and powerful take on guilt, death and mental illness and has won best first novel at the 2014 Costa Book Awards.
Date Posted: February 3, 2014
Categories: Schizophrenia
GOKUALA LUMPUR: EARLY detection of poor mental health among students and early treatment are important to prevent further complications and the higher risk of developing mental illnesses. The Health Ministry's Mental Health Promotion Advisory ...
Jan 8
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Schizophrenia, ...
GOWatch this short video explaining the conditions of Schizophrenia and Depression.
Dec 27
Categories: Depression, Schizophrenia
GOPsychopathology may be represented as residing on a continuum, ranging from, at one end “psychotic” to at the other end, “normal”. “Personality disordered” and “neurotic” lie between the two. However, there are general differences in ...
Nov 6
Categories: Borderline Personality Disorder, Schizophrenia
GOSchizoaffective disorder is a mental disorder characterized by disordered thought processes (called psychosis) and abnormal emotional ...
Oct 29
Categories: Bipolar, Schizophrenia
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On Sunday night the television news program 60 Minutes broadcast “Untreated mental illness an imminent danger?” Correspondent Steve Kroft introduces the report by stating: “The mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard two weeks ago that ...
Oct 3
Categories: Depression, Schizophrenia
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Schizophrenia is one of the most devastating neurological conditions, with only 30 percent of sufferers ever experiencing full recovery. While current medications can control most psychotic symptoms, their side effects can leave individuals so ...
Sep 2
Categories: Schizophrenia
GOTo all appearances, Eleanor Longden was ...
Aug 14
Categories: Schizophrenia
GOSandra Yuen MacKay, an artist and author, speaks about the impact of creativity on her life with mental illness.
Jun 11
Categories: Bipolar, Schizophrenia
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The trial, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, focused on patients who had not responded to medication.
Using customised computer software, the patients created avatars to match the voices they had been hearing.
After up to six therapy ...
Jun 6
Categories: Schizophrenia
GOResearchers from the Bergen fMRI Group at the University of Bergen (UiB) are working on how to help schizophrenics, who hear voices. The way they do this is by studying people who also hear voices, but who do not suffer from a mental illness. For a ...
May 25
Categories: Schizophrenia
GOCan we reduce deaths caused by depression and schizophrenia with early detection?
May 20
Categories: Depression, Schizophrenia
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Research from the University of North Carolina has shown that children at risk of developing schizophrenia have brains that function differently than those not at risk.
Brain scans of children who have parents or siblings with the illness reveal a ...
Mar 25
Categories: Child Development, Schizophrenia
GOHigher rates of schizophrenia in urban areas can be attributed to increased deprivation, increased population density and an increase in inequality within a neighbourhood, new research reveals. The research, led by the University of Cambridge in ...
Dec 15
Categories: Schizophrenia
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