Genes, drugs in early life, and stress have been linked to the development of schizophrenia.
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Anti-psychotic drugs work well for only about 30 per cent of schizophrenia patients. Meditation can offer them a route to self-acceptance and reduced anxiety.
In advance of marijuana legalization in Canada, one university in British Columbia has taken a firm stance, banning all smoking of cannabis products on campus.
Certain autoimmune disorders are linked to psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. But some appear to be protective.
Cannabis use is linked to psychosis, but only a small number of users will experience it.
There are health risks associated with cannabis use, but there’s no evidence use will increase if it’s legalised.
Smoking cannabis has been linked with schizophrenia – and 94% seized in Britain in 2016 was of the high-potency variety.
Provincial policies to implement the legal consumption of marijuana are unlikely to protect children and youth. High school teachers and parents will be on the front line.
A new study has looked at why some ice users suffer psychosis and others don’t.
Cannabidiol shows promise in treating psychosis in a placebo controlled trial.
Integration reaps mental health benefits.
ECT is a highly effective treatment for severe depression and psychosis, so why does it still have a bad rap?
A new study has for first time placed a dollar value on how much it would cost the government to replace those who unofficially care for family members with mental illness.
People given taurine had significantly improved overall mental health symptoms, including those of psychosis, compared to those given placebo.
But one thing is clear, only a small proportion of violence can be blamed on schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia and the search for meaning in a puzzling world.
A growing body of research points to the detrimental effect of unhealthy diets and the protective value of healthy diets – along with select nutritional supplements as required – for maintaining and promoting mental health.
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Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor; NHMRC Clinical Research Fellow; NICM Health Research Institute Deputy Director, Western Sydney University
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Population Mental Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Functional Recovery in Youth Mental Health, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Senior and Ronald Philip Griffiths Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Behavioural Addiction, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate professor and Royal Society Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
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Honorary Professor and Consultant Psychiatrist, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
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Adjunct Professor of Education, Saint Mary’s University
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Assoc. Professor of Child and Youth Psychiatry, Flinders University
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Senior lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Fulbright Scholar and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
