19/08/2010 | Mild electrical stimulation to the brain could improve thinking and reduce auditory hallucinations in people with schizophrenia and schizo-affective disorder, researchers from the University of New South Wales have found.
05/08/2010 | Cognitive performance in patients with schizophrenia is improved if they have a history of using cannabis, but the benefit may be limited to those who started smoking before the age of 16, an Australian study finds.
29/07/2010 | Australian research has shown that listening to music decreases delta, alpha and beta waves on EEG in subjects experiencing an acute psychotic episode.
15/07/2010 | A study which grouped schizophrenic patients and controls according to the Zinc Finger Protein 804A (ZNF804A) genotype, then assessed cognitive function, has identified a distinct patient subgroup characterised by spared cognitive ability.
27/05/2010 | A Melbourne study has concluded that caudate nucleus volume is not a marker of psychosis risk, but more work is needed to analyse changes in its structure over time and its links to prefrontal regions of the brain.
20/05/2010 | Psychiatrists need to take responsibility for both the physical and mental well-being of their patients with schizophrenia, say the authors of a review that found regular exercise improved anxiety and depression in these patients.
31/03/2010 | Patients hospitalised with schizophrenia have an average hospital stay of three weeks and a 20% chance of readmission within 28 days, an overview of adult mental health facilities shows.
30/03/2010 | Atypical antipsychotic are most commonly used to treat schizophrenia in young men and behavioural disturbances in older women with dementia, a study on prescribing trends has found.
24/02/2010 | The selective oestrogen receptor modulator raloxifene may have a role in treating postmenopausal women with schizophrenia, a small pooled analysis finds.
04/02/2010 | The Australian Drug Evaluation Committee has backed an application for an antipsychotic drug to be approved for use in children with schizophrenia.