article thumbnail

American Dreams: What’s It Like To Be An MQ Research Fellow In The USA?

MQ Mental Health

Given known areas of overlap in risk for autism and schizophrenia, I wondered whether periconceptional folic acid might also confer protection against schizophrenia risk. This intervention rapidly doubled blood folate levels in women capable of pregnancy and dramatically reduced spina bifida incidence. Ezra Susser).

article thumbnail

Women Working In Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

Women Working on Preventions and Interventions Dr Susanne Ahmari, (USA) identified brain activity related to Obsessive behaviours, the first step towards developing new treatments for OCD in 2013. Professor Petra Vértes (UK) used genetics to improve understanding of the biological underpinnings of Schizophrenia in 2017.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Loneliness and psychosis in clinical practice

Society of Clinical Psychology

For people with psychotic disorders the situation is much worse. In fact, the annual rate of loneliness in people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders appears to be around 2.3 Recent studies suggest that the prevalence of loneliness is much higher. Some of the key findings are highlighted below.

Clinic 52
article thumbnail

The long awaited second edition Psychopharmacology: A mental health professional’s guide to commonly used medications by Herbert Mwebe

The Critical Blog

Whilst there are various alternative interventions to managing moderate to severe mental health presentations, psychotropic medications remain the mainstay interventions used in various clinical settings. haloperidol or clozapine) might either worsen or improve the person’s physical, mental and psychological wellbeing.

article thumbnail

MQ announces its biggest ever investment in new research

MQ Mental Health

Suhas will examine genetic and environmental predictors of treatment-emergent metabolic abnormalities in schizophrenia. Moritz will be aiming to understand why people with eating disorders are at greater risk of suicide. The 2023 MQ Fellows are: Dr Suhas Ganesh from the Central Institute of Psychiatry Ranchi, in Kanke, India.

article thumbnail

Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

Beautiful Voyager

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).

article thumbnail

What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

MQ is encouraging a cross-generational conversation about improving mental health interventions. Identifying those who are vulnerable helped to develop interventions that work to alleviate suicidal thoughts and behaviours, potentially saving young people’s lives. To counteract this, 31.8%