“My mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia when I was a little boy. She lost custody of us. I was raised by my dad. No one even told me my mother was mentally ill. Things have changed enormously since then.” ─ Joel E....
Discoveries
Joel E. Kleinman, M.D., Ph.D.
November 21, 2011
TAGS: Blog, Brain Matters, Video, Discoveries, Schizophrenia
Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD
November 21, 2011
Scientific Council Member Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD and colleagues have conducted key research revealing for the first time how alterations to gene expression in Autism Spectrum Disorders can come from changes other than...
TAGS: Basic Research, Brain Matters, Discoveries, Autism
Paola Dazzan, M.Sc. Ph.D. MRCPsych
November 18, 2011
Groundbreaking research led by Dr. Paola Dazzan, NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee, was recently featured on the BBC prime time show “Newsnight.” This new research can predict the severity of psychosis using sophisticated...
Aaron Beck, M.D.
November 15, 2011
Recent Foundation-funded research led by NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee Aaron Beck, M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrates that a targeted form of cognitive therapy can improve psychosocial and...
Allan T. Gulledge, Ph.D.
November 15, 2011
The chemicals that act in the brain act in other parts of the body as well─in the heart, in the respiratory system, in muscles. Drugs that affect brain chemicals can therefore cause unwanted side effects in other body...
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