Sentences with phrase «factors in schizophrenia»

There is also evidence that social stress causes the brain to increase the production of dopamine (which is believed by researchers to be one of the key factors in schizophrenia).

«Low birth weight and preterm birth have been proposed as risk factors in schizophrenia in general, but past studies have not shown a large effect on risk,» says Dr. Bassett, who is also the Director of the Clinical Genetics Research Program at CAMH.

[10] Singh MM et al Wheat gluten as a pathogenic factor in schizophrenia.

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Back then, it was hypothesised that the A1 beta - casein protein found in the milk of some cows was a risk factor for diabetes, heart disease and possibly also schizophrenia and autism.

While some evidence was found to support hypotheses that cannabis use is a contributory factor in increasing the risk of schizophrenia, the researchers were surprised to find stronger evidence that the opposite was also likely.

Now a large survey using data from all patients hospitalized in psychiatric wards in Israel, and their siblings, has given some answers: having a sibling with schizophrenia increases your risk of developing the condition by a factor of x10, with increased risks of developing bipolar disorder and other mental disorders.

«Although we can not demonstrate a direct link between Candida infection and physiological brain processes, our data show that some factor associated with Candida infection, and possibly the organism itself, plays a role in affecting the memory of women with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and this is an avenue that needs to be further explored,» says Severance.

In addition to stressful life events, trauma and family history of schizophrenia and, the calculator takes into account five other factors to determine an individual's level of risk.

Professor Kieran Murphy, Head of Department of Psychiatry, RCSI and Consultant Psychiatrist at Beaumont Hospital, said: «We have shown for the first time that dysfunction of the blood - brain barrier may be an important factor in the development of schizophrenia.

This suggests that the results were not wholly driven by differences in lifestyle factors or ethnicity between the two groups, and may therefore point towards schizophrenia's direct role in increasing risk of diabetes.

Virologist Robert Yolken of Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore and psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, have long argued that each of these factors may stimulate infectious agents that could provoke individuals to develop schizophrenia as adults.

A Johns Hopkins University team this week reported inserting a disrupted human gene, the schizophrenia risk factor DISC1, into lab mice, causing them to exhibit the brain asymmetry characteristic of schizophrenia as well as agitation in open spaces and trouble finding hidden food — traits reminiscent of the restlessness, impaired sense of smell and depressionlike symptoms schizophrenics suffer, Reuters reports.

One that cannabis use is a causal factor for schizophrenia, or that it precipitates psychosis in vulnerable people.

But a study published in Science [subscription required] in April pointed to one new factor: Patients with schizophrenia frequently have large chunks of DNA added to or missing from their genomes.

«Birth factors may predict schizophrenia in genetic subtype of schizophrenia.»

«We've focused our lens on these risks in a small population with a specific genetic subtype of schizophrenia, where the connection between birth factors and risk of developing schizophrenia is noticeably stronger.»

Next, the scientists tested whether environmental factors associated with schizophrenia could trigger a comparable increase in L1.

Importantly, this research aims to separate the genetic from the environmental factors that are involved in a person developing schizophrenia.

So, whereas the typical person might think of their «environment» as their house, or their neighborhood - scientists trying to understand the factors that influence the development of schizophrenia define environment to include everything from the social, nutritional, hormonal and chemical environment in the womb of the mother during pregnancy, up to the social dynamics and stress a person is exposed to, to street drug use, education, virus exposure, vitamin use, and any other factor that could possibly be involved with the development of schizophrenia.

I read your article very carefully, as well as all the published information available, and I am very well read in the issues of genetics and schizophrenia, and this does not change one thing: risk factors do not equal cause or prevention.

Some of the genetic factors that are being researched right now are multiple genes contributing to the disease (there are about a dozen genes that are leading candidates), and the possibility of epigenetic interactions (that is, certain genes and other biological molecules that determine whether and when certain genes present in the body are turned on or off) that may contribute to schizophrenia.

Disturbed control of extracellular glutamate appears to be an important factor, directly or indirectly, in all neurological disorders as well as in drug abuse and major psychiatric disorders (e.g. schizophrenia), as a consequence of the abundance of glutamate, the ubiquitous presence of glutamate receptors, and the interplay between glutamate, oxidation and energy metabolism (for review see: Danbolt, 2001: Prog.

Dr. Malaspina continued «I think three of the interesting factors that have been linked to the risk of schizophrenia are severe stress in a stress - sensitive person who has underlying genes for schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury in those with underlying genes for schizophrenia, and, very importantly, cannabis exposure in early adolescence.»

However, just as with many other forms of stress (complications during pregnancy and birth, drug use, head injuries, etc) that appear to be important in the risk for schizophrenia (especially those who have a family history of the disease), scientists suggest that child abuse may likely also turn out to be a risk factor for some individuals.

A protein called disrupted - in - schizophrenia 1, encoded by the DISC1 gene, has been established as a genetic risk factor for a wide array of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression,...

«We have shown for the first time that dysfunction of the BBB may be an important factor in the development of schizophrenia.

A multinational study of data from 130,000 people shows that inherited risk factors for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder also predict participation in the arts and creative professions REYKJAVIK, Iceland, 8 June 2015 — A study led by scientists at deCODE genetics...

The scientists identified factors that can set the stage for disorders like schizophrenia, depression and ADHD that appear later in life.

So, whereas the typical person might think of their «environment» as their house, or their neighborhood - scientists trying to understand the factors that influence the development of schizophrenia define environment to include everything from the social, nutritional, hormonal and chemical environment in the womb of the mother during pregnancy, up to the social dynamics and stress a person experiences, to street drug use, education, virus exposure, vitamin use, and much, much more.

The most relevant sections are Chapter 16 on zinc, Chapter 33 on copper toxicity, and Chapter 40, section A, on mauve factor (pyroluria) in schizophrenia.

However, recent research shows that gluten can have significant health impact; so much so that it has been marked as the culprit in being one of the causative factors of as many as fifty five diseases including osteoporosis, schizophrenia, epilepsy, lupus, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, multiple sclerosis, anemia and even cancer.

Autism is a «really complicated» disorder, and the evidence to date suggests that a combination of genes and so - called environmental factors — some of which may increase the risk of both autism and schizophrenia — are involved, says Patrick F. Sullivan, M.D., lead author of the study and director of the Center for Psychiatric Genomics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, in Chapel Hill.

Although scientists have identified a handful of genetic mutations that are linked to schizophrenia as well as autism, the role that specific genes and environmental factors play in the disorders is still largely unknown.

Factors associated with psychotic relapse in patients with schizophrenia in a Pakistani cohort.

Prognostic factors Severity of positive and negative symptoms (schedules for positive and negative symptoms); course of illness over the past 2 years; level of functioning (Global Assessment of Functioning scale (GAF)-RRB-; premorbid functioning (Premorbid Adjustment scale); duration of untreated psychosis (interview for retrospective assessment of onset of schizophrenia); days of hospitalisation; number of contacts with psychiatric services; number of days in supported housing.

Factor analyses of the Chinese Zarit Burden Interview among caregivers of patients with schizophrenia in a rural Chinese community

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There is a critical need to test how family contextual factors impact outpatient consumer functioning in schizophrenia.