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DNA Change Identified as Schizophrenia Risk

NARSAD Investigator Linda Brzustowicz, M.D., and colleagues at Rutgers University have identified a specific DNA change -- a functional change that increases gene expression -- that appears to increase the risk for developing schizophrenia in some people. Read more here.

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Stimulation Device Offers Relief from Hard-to-Treat Depression

Although great strides have been made in treating depression, those who suffer from treatment-resistant depression have continued to present a serious challenge to doctors seeking a way to help them. Researchers at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston recently broke new ground by using a revolutionary technique that holds promise for the severely depressed: bilateral epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation, a neurosurgical treatment. Read more here.

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Researchers Discover Genetic Mutations Associated With Bipolar Disorder

Researchers recently broke new ground in finding the genetic causes of mental illness, identifying a specific region in the genome associated with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and autism. Read more here.

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Restoring Lost Synapses May Speed Up Treatment Response in Treating Depression and PTSD

The helpless behavior commonly linked to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is preceded by stress-related loss of synapses -- the mechanism of communication between neurons -- in the brain's hippocampal region, according to researchers at Yale University School of Medicine led by NARSAD Investigator Tibor Hajszan, M.D. and reported in the March 1 issue of Biological Psychiatry. Read more here.

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Broad Genome Study Increases Understanding of Autism

While scientists have long known autism is highly hereditary, their challenge has been identifying the genetic factors associated with it. In a recent study, researchers took an important step toward developing a better understanding of this complex neurodevelopmental disorder. Read more here.

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Restoring Lost Synapses May Speed Up Treatment Response in Treating Depression and PTSD

The helpless behavior commonly linked to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is preceded by stress-related loss of synapses -- the mechanism of communication between neurons -- in the brain's hippocampal region, according to researchers at Yale University School of Medicine led by NARSAD Investigator Tibor Hajszan, M.D. and reported in the March 1 issue of Biological Psychiatry. Read more here.

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Predictors of Suicide and Self-Harm Risks in Depressed Adolescents

How to manage adolescent depression is a problem that has vexed clinicians and parents ever since the Food and Drug Administration issued a "black-box" warning several years ago that adolescents taking antidepressants were at a higher risk of suicidal behaviors. Following the warning, antidepressant use declined. Whether or not suicides increased as a result has been unclear. Read more here.

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In-Depth Expert Interviews on Schizophrenia, Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression, Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

What do Albert Einstein, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Michelangelo, David Beckham, Justin Timberlake, Howie Mandel and Cameron Diaz all have in common? Aside from sharing celebrity status, they’ve each experienced various types of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Some in the form of perfectionism, some with germ phobias, others with neatness compulsions and, in the case of David Beckham, symmetry compulsion in which everything must be in pairs and match. If he sees three cans of soda in the fridge, he’ll toss one out; if there are five books on his coffee table, one must go. About 2 percent of the population has a form of OCD; it’s not the prevalent anxiety disorder, but experts say it is the most severe. Read more here.