The DISCERN program also showed other symptoms of schizophrenia, such as switching back and forth between third and first person, abruptly changing sentences, and just providing jumbled responses.
The salience detection network also may go awry in anxiety, schizophrenia and other conditions, says Dr. Uddin.
These include brain tumors, seizures, alcohol and drug abuse, and psychosis stemming from schizophrenia or other disorders.
Dr Fetissov's work also adds weight to the idea that two other neurological diseases, schizophrenia and Tourette's syndrome, have an autoimmune component.
But can they turn genes into drugs for schizophrenia and other diseases?
The same holds true for other mental diseases like schizophrenia.
DeCode has obtained DNA samples and medical records from more than 70, 000 volunteers and has used this information to identify genes for stroke, heart attack, schizophrenia and other diseases.
The celebrity effect has increased public awareness of bipolar disorder, but now more work is needed for the public to gain a better understanding of other illnesses such as schizophrenia.
DNA. Epigenetics may, for example, explain how one identical twin develops schizophrenia whereas the other does not.
The devices, which induce a seizure by delivering an electrical current to a patient's brain, are used to treat intractable cases of depression, as well as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders.
Problems with this ability have been linked other neurological illnesses, such as schizophrenia and amnesia.
He resents being treated on the psychiatric ward with soldiers with other mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, who have never been in combat.
If one looks at what the overall and accumulating evidence from differing and disparate sources, it indeed seems possible that in a as little as a year or two we could have major breakthroughs in our understanding not only of autism , but other conditions that are linked such as schizophrenia and diabetes and most importantly have identified significant treatment protocols.
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In the next two years Novartis will unleash a flood of new drugs for an array of other deadly or debilitating illnesses asthma, diabetes, schizophrenia, organ failure, arthritis, skin disorders and eye disease.
This makes some folk wonder if the firm has enough resources to launch on so many fronts in so little time, and if it might have to divert resources from other products, such as Zyprexa, its blockbuster drug for schizophrenia, thus leaving them more vulnerable to competition.
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Herring, who has battled paranoid schizophrenia mostly by, as the SI story points out, drinking malt liquor and other alcohol, is not accused of causing her death. (Instead, a man who once served time for rape was accused Jan. 14 of murdering her.) However, Herring was arrested in connection with the case.
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The other half, many of whom lack family support and suffer from the most severe illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, have done poorly.
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The DSM committees already tried their damnedest to support their diagnoses with neuroscience or biomarkers, but no lab tests yet exist for depression, schizophrenia, bipolar or obsessive-compulsive disorder, or, for that matter, any other mental disorders.
In other conditions in which social problems aren't the main symptoms, including dementia, depression and schizophrenia, early clues may come from changes to a person's normal personality, such as becoming less friendly, understanding or attentive, or more paranoid.
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