Reading Time: 4 minutes Researcher pushes for better palliative care for people with chronic mental health conditions
Tag: Schizophrenia
Machine learning used to predict early symptoms of schizophrenia
Reading Time: 3 minutes Researchers develop AI tool to analyze brain scans, identify risk for earlier diagnosis and treatment
Not all hallucinations or delusions are caused by mental illness
Reading Time: 3 minutes Psychotic episodes can occur for a variety of reasons, not all of them having to do with mental illness
Diabetes may double risk of developing depression
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two of the primary risk factors for the disease are obesity and lack of exercise
Genetics strongly influence our predisposition to mental illness
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is becoming increasingly clear that our genes influence everything from our personality traits to specific psychiatric disorders
The right psychiatric care depends on proper diagnosis
Reading Time: 3 minutes Identifying the disorder and acting appropriately can be difficult when symptoms overlap
Battling the myths and stereotypes of psychiatry
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr. Paul Latimer helps minimize some of the misconceptions about seeking psychiatric help
Goals, interests key to achieving success and happiness
Reading Time: 3 minutes Developing interests and setting goals is the first step to leading a more fulfilling and rewarding life
Schizophrenia a frightening and misunderstood disease
Reading Time: 3 minutes Schizophrenia, which affects one per cent of the population, is the result of an organic problem in the brain
Suffering paranoid disorder is like living a nightmare every day
Reading Time: 3 minutes Imagine living your life in a perpetual state of belief that someone is trying to hurt you