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Years of imaging studies have revealed to researchers that schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression are accompanied by structural changes in the brain. But it has been hard work to establish…
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health is hard to quantify, but anecdotal reports suggest that rates of PTSD, depression, and anxiety have risen significantly during the year-and-a-half…
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An international research team has demonstrated a new computer-based model designed to predict whether individual young people at "clinical high risk" (CHR) for developing psychosis will in fact…
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Using a well-understood, inexpensive and easy-to-deploy technology called electroencephalography, or EEG, as well as related technologies that also measure the activity of cells in the brain,…
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One of the most important goals in the treatment of people with schizophrenia is preventing relapses, which often lead to periods of hospitalization.
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