Tag: psychosis

Study links psychosis to genetic change affecting brain immune system

From the Karolinska Institutet press release: New research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests a link between psychosis and a genetic change that affects the brain’s immune system. The study… Read more »

Researchers link psychosis to the omission of chemical rewards in mouse brains

From the University of Tokyo press release: A recent study in mice led a team of researchers in Japan to believe that psychosis may be caused by problems with specialized… Read more »

Study suggests having a psychotic disorder may increase decline of some areas of cognition over adulthood

From the City University London press release: A new study has shown that relative to participants without a psychotic disorder, those diagnosed with a disorder were consistently impaired across all… Read more »

Study suggests neurological brain markers might detect risk for psychotic disorders

From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release: Help may be on the way for people who might lose contact with reality through a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia. People who… Read more »

Study suggests normal brain aging patterns occur at a faster rate in people with psychosis

From the Elsevier press release: Patients with psychosis have accelerated aging of two brain networks important for general cognition — the frontoparietal network (FPN) and cingulo-opercular network (CON) — according… Read more »

Study suggests stress affects people with schizophrenia differently

From the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health press release: Stressful situations affect the brain and body differently in people with schizophrenia compared to people without the mental illness or… Read more »