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Researchers in Hunt for Key to Preventing Schizophrenia As the science has progressed, identification of at-risk individuals has advanced beyond targeting those on the very cusp of psychosis to those who are even earlier in the developmental process of schizophrenia. This is the first of a two-part series.
(more from Psychiatric News 09/07/07)
When Schizophrenia Develops Early, Impairment Often More Severe Forty-five percent of youth with schizophrenia and 54 percent with schizoaffective disorder have been hospitalized for their disorder. Twenty-five percent of children with early-onset schizophrenia spectrum disorders have a history of aggression or legal problems.
(more from Psychiatric News 09/07/07)
How Schizophrenia Develops: Major Clues Discovered Findings May Lead to Better Medications to Correct Gene-Related Problem. Schizophrenia may occur, in part, because of a problem in an intermittent on/off switch for a gene involved in making a key chemical messenger in the brain, scientists have found in a study of human brain tissue.
(more from the National Institute of Mental Health 10/17/07)
