People who display such unusual points of view can often be classified as having a schizotypal personality, a set of traits related to, but milder than, symptoms of the clinical
psychiatric condition schizophrenia.
Not exact matches
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.
One of the biggest surprises was that half of the 10 leading causes of disability were from
psychiatric conditions: depression, alcoholism, bipolar disease,
schizophrenia and obsessive - compulsive disorder.
Subjects included 119 healthy volunteers and 26,683 patients with a variety of
psychiatric conditions such as brain trauma, bipolar disorders, mood disorders,
schizophrenia / psychotic disorders, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Interestingly, disturbances in such asymmetries seem to be more common in people with
psychiatric conditions such as
schizophrenia.»
Researchers had previously noted a potential association between
psychiatric conditions, such as
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and acceleration of the aging process.
A September 2008 study in Nature confirmed earlier findings suggesting that 30 percent of people who have a deleted length of three million base pairs in a region of chromosome 22 suffer from
psychiatric conditions such as autism and
schizophrenia.
This disorder has occurred following trauma, such as during advanced stages of typhoid and multiple sclerosis, and has been linked with brain regions such as the parietal cortex and the prefrontal cortex — «the parietal cortex is typically involved in attentional processes, and the prefrontal cortex is involved in delusions observed in
psychiatric conditions such as
schizophrenia,» Mobbs explains.
Geneticists are starting to unpick what causes
psychiatric conditions like
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and even some autism - like developmental
conditions
«We're confident that applying this same approach to a lot of new data will help us discover additional genomic variations and identify specific genes that play a role in
schizophrenia and other
psychiatric conditions.»
Professor Suckling added: «The sex differences in the limbic system include areas often implicated in
psychiatric conditions with biased sex ratios such as autism,
schizophrenia, and depression.
Bipolar disorder may share the same genetic roots with other
psychiatric conditions such as autism and
schizophrenia.
Merzenich is now applying his basic research findings to the development and testing of new tools for improving brain function in people with a range of neurological and
psychiatric conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease or
schizophrenia, or following brain injury.
According to the researcher, this homeostatic state — the tendency to maintain internal stability, due to the mind and body's coordinated responses to any stimulus that disturbs the normal
condition — is altered in individuals with addictions and
psychiatric disorders such as
schizophrenia or anxiety.
Any disruption to the processes may increase your risk of developing certain
psychiatric conditions such as
schizophrenia and depression.
Why they're prescribed: Antipsychotics are used to treat
schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other serious
psychiatric conditions.
In addition, dogs have been trained to assist persons with
psychiatric conditions such as bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism,
schizophrenia, and anxiety disorder.
Tony Oursler himself writes a collage - like text on sources of inspiration for his work on «the face» and thus provides an insight into his long - standing interest in
psychiatric conditions such as
schizophrenia and MPD (multiple personality disorder) and on the influence of television and the Internet on our view of the world and ourselves.
Depression occurs more commonly in individuals with other
psychiatric conditions, including substance abuse, eating disorders,
schizophrenia, anxiety, and PTSD — to name a few.
High expressed emotion (EE) refers to affective attitudes and behaviors toward patients characterized by critical comments, hostility, and emotional over involvement (EOI).3 The construct has traditionally been applied to the study of familial relationships, and it is well established that levels of familial EE are significant predictors of outcome across a range of
psychiatric and physical health
conditions.4 A substantial body of this research has been carried out with people with a diagnosis of
schizophrenia, and there is strong evidence that those living in high EE environments have a much higher risk of relapse than those living in low EE environments.5 The success of family intervention studies aiming to reduce high EE and relapses add to the support for a causal relationship.6, 7