NIMH Pages about Schizophrenia
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Publications
- Schizophrenia (Easy-to-Read)
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An easy-to-read booklet on Schizophrenia that explains what it is, when it starts and how to get help.
Date: 2009 - Looking at My Genes: What Can They Tell Me?
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A fact sheet containing frequently asked questions about genome scans and genetic testing.
Date: 2008 - Schizophrenia
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A detailed booklet that describes symptoms, causes, and treatments, with information on getting help and coping.
Date: 2006
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Science News
- Major NIMH Research Project to Test Approaches to Altering the Course of Schizophrenia
- July 21, 2009 • Press Release
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is launching a large-scale research project to explore whether using early and aggressive treatment, individually targeted and integrating a variety of different therapeutic approaches, will reduce the symptoms and prevent the gradual deterioration of functioning that is characteristic of chronic schizophrenia. - Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Share Genetic Roots
- July 01, 2009 • Press Release
A trio of genome-wide studies – collectively the largest to date – has pinpointed a vast array of genetic variation that cumulatively may account for at least one third of the genetic risk for schizophrenia. One of the studies traced schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, in part, to the same chromosomal neighborhoods. - Flow of Potassium Into Cells Implicated in Schizophrenia
- May 05, 2009 • Press Release
A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key such potassium channel was found to be 2.5 fold higher than normal in the brain memory hub of people with the chronic mental illness and linked to a hotspot of genetic variation. - Gene On/Off Instructions Inherited Via Shadowy Mechanism
- April 06, 2009 • Science Update
The first large-scale study of its kind in twins has turned up evidence that we inherit instructions for the turning on and off of genes via mechanisms beyond the traditional sequence differences in the genetic code. Moreover, the results suggest that early random errors in replicating these instructions may trump environmental influences in shaping us. - New Silvio O. Conte Centers Address Brain Development, Disorders
- March 18, 2009 • Science Update
With a mandate to use innovative, multidisciplinary research approaches to address important mental health questions, four newly funded centers have begun investigations of schizophrenia, brain development, and adolescent mood disorders.
Meeting Summaries
- Child and Adolescent Onset Schizophrenia: Research Challenges and Opportunities
- June 25, 2007 – June 26, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
In June 2007, NIMH and the NIH ORD convened a meeting for brainstorming and discussion between basic, translational, and clinical investigators to review the current knowledge on causes, neurobiology, developmental trajectory, and treatment of child- and adolescent-onset schizophrenia. - International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM) Meeting
- January 20, 2006
Washington, DC
In February 2006, the ISCTM held this meeting by satellite on the NIMH initiative regarding treatment development for negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
