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Tiny worms found in ponds and river could help treat schizophrenia

Over a million rodents are used in UK labs each year

The Independent UK

How llamas could change the way we treat schizophrenia

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Why Is ATAI Life Sciences Stock Trading Lower On Monday?

Amid a surge in research targeting cognitive disorders, the pharmaceutical industry is witnessing a wave of pivotal trial results that could reshape schizophrenia treatment paradigms. As biotech firms race to develop innovative therapies, Recognify Life Sciences steps into the spotlight with new findings from its latest clinical trial.

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The role llamas might play in treating schizophrenia

French researchers say they were able to treat ‘most deficits’ of schizophrenia in mice using llama antibodies

The Independent UK

Who Is Habiba Naveed? Woman Who Claims to Be Princess Diana's Daughter is Accused of Attacking Landlord

Habiba Naveed, who claims to be the secret daughter of Princess Diana, is now at the centre of controversy after allegedly assaulting her landlord. Here's what we know.

International Business Times UK

Pentagon tightens rules on getting medical waivers to join the military

The Pentagon says people with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve in the military

The Independent UK

Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moving to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case – now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

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When people hear voices selectively

An unusual collaboration between scientists and psychics could transform the treatment of auditory hallucinations

Salon

Is the inquest into the Bondi Junction murders further stigmatising schizophrenia?

Sandy Jeffs ‘bought into the pessimism of my diagnosis because that’s what I was told by all those clinicians’

The Guardian - AU

Cauchi at ‘significant’ risk of relapsing into psychosis when discharged into doctor’s care, Bondi Junction inquest hears

Joel Cauchi suffered deterioration in ‘performance IQ’ and some cognitive functions leading up to attack, expert tells Sydney coroner’s court

The Guardian - AU

Mass murder at Bondi Junction likely due to Joel Cauchi’s ‘sexual frustration and hatred towards women’, inquest told

Former treating psychiatrist suggests if Cauchi was suffering psychotic episode in April 2024 ‘he couldn’t have organised himself to do what he did’

The Guardian - AU

Nurse who treated Joel Cauchi for schizophrenia threw up when told about Bondi Junction stabbings, inquest hears

Health worker describes 40-year-old as ‘compliant’ and ‘diligent’ patient but recalls 2020 phone call and a possible ‘warning sign’ of mental health relapse

The Guardian - AU

Eve Thompson obituary

Other lives: Chair of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship who pushed for better mental health provision in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Police close gaps that left troubled killer untreated

A forgotten email which meant a mentally ill man went without treatment before a mass stabbing has led to improvements by police to ensure there is no repeat.

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The Conversation

Brains of people with schizophrenia may age faster – how our research adds to the evidence

What causes schizophrenia? This severe mental illness, which affects over 20 million people worldwide and is characterised by recurrent hallucinations and delusions, often begins to emerge in the period from adolescence to early adulthood. It’s a complex disorder that affects almost every area of life.

The Independent UK

Israel releases Palestinian who took part in attack aged 13 and developed mental illness in prison

Israel has released a Palestinian who took part in an attack when he was 13 and developed schizophrenia in prison as requests for early release were denied

LiveScience

Origins of schizophrenia linked to epigenetics of the placenta

Epigenetic changes in the placenta may shape how the fetal brain develops and thus influence the risk of psychiatric disorders.

The Conversation

The dark side of psychiatry – how it has been used to control societies

In his new book, No More Normal, psychiatrist Alastair Santhouse recalls an experience from the 1980s when he was a university student in the UK helping deliver supplies to “refuseniks” – Soviet citizens who were denied permission to leave the USSR. These people often faced harsh treatment, losing their jobs…

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No, cannabis doesn't cause schizophrenia

These types of studies aren't intended to imply causation, yet they are often interpreted as such

The Independent UK

Potent cannabis linked to surging schizophrenia cases

New schizophrenia cases linked to cannabis use disorder more than doubled in Ontario after legalisation of drug

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Missouri Man Sentenced To 8 Years For White House Attack

Missouri man sentenced to 8 years for crashing truck into White House barriers in Nazi-inspired attack. No injuries reported. Schizophrenia diagnosis post-...

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Student Who Took Classmate’s Life To “Please Slender Man” Released From Psychiatric Hospital

"Huge mistake." Morgan Geyser, the girl responsible for stabbing her 12-year-old friend 19 times in 2014 to please "Slenderman," was granted a controversial conditional release thanks to her progress in managing her schizophrenia. The post Student Who Took Classmate’s Life To “Please Slender Man” Released From Psychiatric Hospital first appeared…

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Star Wars actor Jake Lloyd breaks silence on schizophrenia ordeal

Former child actor said hitting ‘rock bottom’ was something he believed needed to happen in order to take part ‘honestly’ in treatment and therapy

The Independent UK

Father who set himself alight on indefinite jail term refused hospital care as family loses hope

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Thomas White, who has developed paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis after serving almost 13 years for stealing a phone, will not be transferred to hospital

The Independent UK

Study reveals what cannabis does to your brain – and the risks it poses to young adults

Cannabis is a known risk factor for developing psychosis that can progress to schizophrenia

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