News related to Seroquel (Quetiapine) and/or conditions it is approved for
Role of Seroquel in treating bipolar depression confirmed
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry
Seroquel achieved a statistically significant reduction in levels of bipolar depression when compared with placebo.
Schizophrenia Relapse and Treatment Linked to Brain Loss
Source: Medscape Psychiatry & Mental Health Headlines [2013.06.12]
New research highlights the importance of preventing psychosis relapse and using the lowest effective antipsychotic dose to do so.
Medscape Medical News
In Schizophrenia, Epigenetic Changes Moderate Reality Distortion
Source: Genetics News From Medical News Today [2013.06.12]
A study in Schizophrenia Bulletin is among the first to indicate epigenetic changes related to immune function in schizophrenia. DNA methylation, a process involving the addition of a methyl group to the DNA without changing its sequence, can alter gene expression. Led by Dr...
Epigenetic Changes May Play A Role In Schizophrenia
Source: Genetics News From Medical News Today [2013.06.12]
Schizophrenia, a chronic and devastating disorder characterized by the breakdown of cognition processes and typical emotional and behavioral responses, has been affecting people throughout history. Scientists believe that several genes are associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia but that no single gene causes the disease by itself...
Mature Brain Cells Reprogrammed From Skin Cells Enable Study Of Alzheimer's, Schizophrenia, And Autism
Source: Autism News From Medical News Today [2013.06.11]
Difficult-to-study diseases such as Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, and autism now can be probed more safely and effectively thanks to an innovative new method for obtaining mature brain cells called neurons from reprogrammed skin cells. According to Gong Chen, the Verne M...
Treatment Clues For Schizophrenia Suggested By Neurochemical Traffic Signals
Source: Psychology / Psychiatry News From Medical News Today [2013.06.08]
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have uncovered important clues about a biochemical pathway in the brain that may one day expand treatment options for schizophrenia. The study, published online in the journal Molecular Pharmacology, was led by faculty within the department of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics at BUSM...
Ultra High-Risk Patients With Schizophrenia At Long-Term Risk For Psychotic Disorder
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.06.05]
JAMA Psychiatry Study Highlights Ultra high-risk (UHR) patients with schizophrenia appear to be at long-term risk for psychotic disorder, with the highest risk during the first two years after entry to a specialist clinic according to a study by Barnaby Nelson, Ph.D., of the University of Melbourne, Australia...
Lead Exposure May Trigger Schizophrenia
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.06.04]
Mice engineered with a human gene for schizophrenia and exposed to lead during early life exhibited behaviors and structural changes in their brains consistent with schizophrenia...
Genome-Wide Analysis Suggests 'No Single Genetic Recipe' For Schizophrenia
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.05.29]
Using a novel method of analyzing genetic variations in families, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that individually harmless genetic variations affecting related biochemical processes may team up to increase the risk of schizophrenia...
Schizophrenia-Like Abnormalities Reversed In Mice By Taming Suspect Gene
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.05.26]
Scientists have reversed behavioral and brain abnormalities in adult mice that resemble some features of schizophrenia by restoring normal expression to a suspect gene that is over-expressed in humans with the illness...
Researchers Eliminate Schizophrenia Symptoms In An Animal Model
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.05.24]
Overexpression of a gene associated with schizophrenia causes classic symptoms of the disorder that are reversed when gene expression returns to normal, scientists report. They genetically engineered mice so they could turn up levels of neuregulin-1 to mimic high levels found in some patients then return levels to normal, said Dr...
Why Old Schizophrenia Medicine Works On Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Source: MRSA / Drug Resistance News From Medical News Today [2013.05.21]
In 2008 researchers from the University of Southern Denmark showed that the drug thioridazine, which has previously been used to treat schizophrenia, is also a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus)...
Association Between Genetic Risk For Schizophrenia And Reduced IQ
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.05.20]
The relationship between the heritable risk for schizophrenia and low intelligence (IQ) has not been clear. Schizophrenia is commonly associated with cognitive impairments that may cause functional disability. There are clues that reduced IQ may be linked to the risk for developing schizophrenia. For example, reduced cognitive ability may precede the onset of schizophrenia symptoms...
Model Cell System Offers Insights Into Epilepsy, Schizophrenia, Other Neuropsych Disorders
Source: Autism News From Medical News Today [2013.05.06]
Medical researchers have manipulated human stem cells into producing types of brain cells known to play important roles in neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy, schizophrenia and autism...
Neurons In The Nose Could Be The Key To Early, Fast, And Accurate Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.05.01]
A debilitating mental illness, schizophrenia can be difficult to diagnose. Because physiological evidence confirming the disease can only be gathered from the brain during an autopsy, mental health professionals have had to rely on a battery of psychological evaluations to diagnose their patients. Now, Dr. Noam Shomron and Prof...
Schizophrenia May Be Diagnosed By Testing Nerve Cells From The Nose
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.05.01]
Collecting neurons from the nose could be a fast way to test for schizophrenia, a debilitating mental illness that is often difficult to diagnose. This was the finding of a new study led by researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel...
The Dual Role Of Testosterone In Schizophrenia
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.04.30]
Researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) have presented new results about the role of testosterone in schizophrenia at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research being held in Orlando, Florida. They have found that, on the one hand, testosterone could be the trigger for the onset of schizophrenia...
In The Brain High Levels Of Glutamate May Kick-Start Schizophrenia
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.04.22]
An excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate may cause a transition to psychosis in people who are at risk for schizophrenia, reports a study from investigators at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) published in the current issue of Neuron...
Scans May Reveal Pre-Schizophrenia Brain Changes
Source: MedicineNet Schizophrenia Specialty [2013.04.08]
Title: Scans May Reveal Pre-Schizophrenia Brain Changes
Category: Health News
Created: 4/5/2013 4:36:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/8/2013 12:00:00 AM
Urinary Tract Infections 29 Times More Likely In Schizophrenia Relapse
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.04.05]
Schizophrenia patients experiencing relapse are 29 times more likely than healthy individuals to have a urinary tract infection, researchers report. Urinary tract infections, which can cause painful and frequent urination, are common but patients hospitalized for schizophrenia are even more likely to have a UTI than healthy individuals or even others whose illness is under control, said Dr...
An Antioxidant May Prevent Neuron Loss In Schizophrenia And Depression
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.03.15]
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) deficits have been implicated in schizophrenia and depression. In schizophrenia, deficits have been particularly well-described for a subtype of GABA neuron, the parvalbumin fast-spiking interneurons. The activity of these neurons is critical for proper cognitive and emotional functioning...
Pitt Study Examines Cost-Effectiveness Of Medicare Drug Plans In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.02.23]
A new study published online in the American Journal of Managed Care found that in Medicare Part D, generic drug coverage was cost-saving compared to no coverage in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, while also improving health outcomes...
The Cost-Effectiveness Of Medicare Drug Plans In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.02.23]
A new study published online in the American Journal of Managed Care found that in Medicare Part D, generic drug coverage was cost-saving compared to no coverage in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, while also improving health outcomes...
ADUSAVE (loxapine) Inhalation Powder Approved For Schizophrenia Or Bipolar Agitation
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2012.12.27]
ADASUVE (loxapine) Inhalation Powder has just been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the acute treatment of agitation resulting from schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder. They anticipate that the treatment will be available around the third quarter of 2013...
Life Expectancy For Individuals With Schizophrenia Improved By Use Of Antipsychotic Drugs
Source: Compliance News From Medical News Today [2012.11.03]
Results of a Johns Hopkins study suggest that individuals with schizophrenia are significantly more likely to live longer if they take their antipsychotic drugs on schedule, avoid extremely high doses and also regularly see a mental health professional...
Schizophrenia Risk In Kids Associated With Mothers' Gluten Antibodies
Source: Irritable-Bowel Syndrome News From Medical News Today [2012.05.16]
Children are nearly 50% more likely to develop schizophrenia later in life if their mothers are sensitive to wheat protein gluten, say researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore...
Schizophrenia Quiz: Test Your Mental Health IQ
Source: MedicineNet clozapine Specialty [2012.04.24]
Title: Schizophrenia Quiz: Test Your Mental Health IQ
Category: MedicineNet Quiz
Created: 1/26/2011 2:23:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 4/24/2012 5:23:39 PM
Schizophrenia and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Source: MedicineNet Electroconvulsive Therapy Specialty [2012.02.14]
Title: Schizophrenia and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Category: WebMD Second Source
Created: 11/3/2005 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/14/2012 12:00:00 AM
Schizophrenia
Source: MedicineNet clozapine Specialty [2011.11.01]
Title: Schizophrenia
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Zyprexa in schizophrenia shown to prevent brain loss
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry
Zyprexa (olanzapine) was found to decrease brain loss in schizophrenia patients according to the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Networks Of Neurons Identified In The Brain That Are Disrupted In Psychiatric Disease
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.05.27]
Studying the networks of connections in the brains of people affected by schizophrenia, bipolar disease or depression has allowed Dr. Peter Williamson, from Western University, to gain a better understanding of the biological basis of these important diseases. Dr...
Flu In Pregnancy Increases Child's Risk Of Bipolar Disorder
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.05.09]
Women who catch the flu during pregnancy may put their child at increased risk of bipolar disorder later in life, according to a new study in JAMA Psychiatry. In the past, studies have demonstrated a link between gestational influenza and schizophrenia in offspring, showing that a mother's flu during pregnancy may increase a child's risk of schizophrenia...
International Study Reveals 'Backbone' Of Mental Illness Stigma
Source: Schizophrenia News From Medical News Today [2013.04.15]
An international study found that despite widespread acceptance that mental illness is a disease that can be effectively treated, a common "backbone" of prejudice exists that unfairly paints people with conditions such as depression and schizophrenia as undesirable for close personal relationships and positions of authority...
New Gene Variant May Explain Psychotic Features In Bipolar Disorder
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2013.03.06]
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found an explanation for why the level of kynurenic acid (KYNA) is higher in the brains of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disease with psychosis. The study, which is published in the scientific periodical Molecular Psychiatry, identifies a gene variant associated with an increased production of KYNA...
Questioning The Safety And Effectiveness Of 4 Common Antipsychotic Drugs Prescribed For Older Adults
Source: Bipolar News From Medical News Today [2012.11.29]
In older adults, antipsychotic drugs are commonly prescribed off-label for a number of disorders outside of their Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved indications - schizophrenia and bipolar disorder...
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