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Schizophrenia is an often-misunderstood brain disease that affects about 1 percent of the population worldwide. Symptoms can include, but are not limited to: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking and speech, and bizarre or inappropriate behavior.

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• AMEDEO Literature Guide - Schizophrenia

  http://amedeo.com/medicine/sch/schizres.htm
  Pfizer sponsored site providing current psychiatric studies and reports from major psychiatric and psychological journals.

• Clinical Trials Listing - Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorders

  http://www.centerwatch.com/clinical-trials/listings/studylist.aspx?CatID=135
  Subsection of website describing current treatment and drug studies which offer opportunities to participate in research and qualify for experimental treatment programs.

• Genetics of Schizophrenia and Affective Disorder

  http://www.priory.com/psych/genetics.htm
  One page published article studying familial factors of schizophrenia and related disorders. Includes bibliography.

• Harvard Brain Tissue Center

  http://www.brainbank.mclean.org/
  One of few national resources for the collection and distribution of postmortem human brain tissue for research in causes of brain diseases including schizophrenia.

• Hypoxia - a Neurodevelopmental Cause

  http://sites.google.com/site/schizophreniahypoxia/
  Brief collation of material which describes effect of prenatal hypoxia and also happens in schizophrenia.

• James Cook University - High Fat/Low Carb Diet Could Combat Schizophrenia

  https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2015/december/high-fatlow-carb-diet-could-combat-schizophrenia
  A study from Australia suggests that the ketogenic diet may benefit patients with schizophrenia.

• Maryland Psychiatric Research Center

  http://www.mprc.umaryland.edu/
  An academic research center studying causes, manifestations and innovative treatments of schizophrenia. Hosts a brain bank which collects postmortem human brain tissue for research in pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Post doctoral fellowship training program is described.

• Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia

  http://www.psychiatry.wustl.edu/schizo/index.htm
  Research study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO seeks sisters and brothers with schizophrenia to participate in a genetic research project.

• Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE)

  http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/raise/index.shtml
  An NIMH research project that seeks to change the trajectory and prognosis of schizophrenia through coordinated and aggressive treatment in the earliest stages.

• Schizophrenia

  http://athealth.com/FPN_2_32.html
  Newsletter featuring schizophrenia resources for mental health professionals, patients, and families.

• Schizophrenia - Are We on the Same Bus?

  http://www.armchair.com/aware/trnsit14.html
  What is schizophrenia and how it impacts daily life.

• Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse - Bibliography

  http://depts.washington.edu/adai/lib/bibs/ps_175.htm
  One page listing of over 80 publications that address schizophrenia and substance abuse.

• Schizophrenia Bi-Polar Newsletter

  http://www.voice.50megs.com/
  Learn the facts and theories about schizophrenia and avoid the pitfalls.

• Scientific American - Decoding Schizophrenia

  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/decoding-schizophrenia/
  A fuller understanding of signaling in the brain of people with this disorder offers new hope for improved therapy.

• Structural MRI research on schizophrenia.

  http://www.smri.nl/
  Structural MRI research conducted at the Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neurosciences in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on schizophrenia.

• The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia

  http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1661
  One page article that addresses the theory of increased levels of dopamine in patients who have symptoms of schizophrenia. Bibliography included.

• The Nurse Practitioner Role in Psychiatric Nursing

  http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume/No1June96/NursePractitionerRole.html
  Professional paper addressing the rationale for a psychiatric nurse practitioner role and the advantages of this new role. Includes bibliography.

 

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