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In the continuing effort to develop new medicines to treat schizophrenia, a team led by BBRF Scientific Council member Jeffrey Lieberman, M.D., and including nine other Council Members, BBRF grantees…
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![Brainwave Study Reveals Oscillation Patterns That May Predict Transition to Psychosis](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/futuristic-brain-scans-1440.jpg?itok=67ZfrtG1)
Researchers led by a BBRF grantee have reported progress in analyzing neural oscillations or “brainwaves” that may make it possible to clinically characterize which individuals at high risk of…
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![Study Gauges Impact of Heavy, Chronic Cannabis Use on Cognition and Psychosis-Related Phenomena Study Gauges Impact of Heavy, Chronic Cannabis Use on Cognition and Psychosis-Related Phenomena](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/cannabisleafmarijuanawoodplank-1440_0.jpg?itok=lFAakeO_)
Over recent years, legal restrictions on cannabis use have been lifted in many U.S. states. In 11 states and the District of Columbia the drug has not only been decriminalized but is currently…
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![Progress is Reported on Research Exploring Use of Deep-Brain Stimulation for Psychosis, Schizophrenia Progress is Reported on Research Exploring Use of Deep-Brain Stimulation for Psychosis, Schizophrenia](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/brainactivity-1440_7.jpg?itok=QdJSVUVh)
Investigators are reporting progress in research aiming to determine if deep-brain stimulation (DBS) can be used to help alleviate certain symptoms of psychosis and schizophrenia. Their results…
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![Maternal Inflammation Early in Pregnancy May Raise Offspring’s Psychosis Risk Maternal Inflammation Early in Pregnancy May Raise Offspring’s Psychosis Risk](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/pregnantwomanstandingnearwindow-1440.jpg?itok=QkpnRZus)
There is new evidence supporting the theory that children born of mothers who had inflammation during pregnancy have an elevated risk for developing a psychotic disorder by adulthood. The data…
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