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Living With Schizoaffective Disorder

MQ Mental Health

Last month saw World Schizophrenia Awareness Day (24 May). MQ supporter Giles Addison kindly shared his personal experience of being diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder. Giles’ condition is related to but separate as a diagnosis from both Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.

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

MQ Mental Health

One of the first ever MQ Fellows selected was Dr Joshua Roffman from Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital. Given known areas of overlap in risk for autism and schizophrenia, I wondered whether periconceptional folic acid might also confer protection against schizophrenia risk.

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psychosis, violence, and the fear of madness

Clinical Philosophy

The psychological community often attempts to combat the stigma suffered by the mentally ill by challenging the view that people suffering schizophrenia and other psychotic conditions are physically dangerous. of the professionally representative 2017 BPS report Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia.

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Synthesizing Findings on Cognitive Flexibility and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Society of Clinical Psychology

boys with adjustment disorders). student at Western University. Hons) completed his Psychology undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph. is a clinical psychologist and faculty in the University of Utah’s department of psychiatry. Schizophrenia Research , 85 (1–3), 196–200. About the Authors Jason J.

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Do Beliefs about Biology Matter for Mental Health?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Would you feel better, or worse, after being given a biological explanation for your disorder? In search of an answer to these questions, we reviewed the literature on what happens when people are given biological explanations for mental disorders.

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Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Stop Abuse Campaign

Poverty A new study from Columbia University should remind us of something history has consistently shown: the relationship between poverty and crime is far from predictable or consistent. According to one study , 12 percent of adult psychiatric patients receiving treatment in the San Diego County health system had prior incarcerations.

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Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Stop Abuse Campaign

A new study from Columbia University should remind us of something history has consistently shown: the relationship between poverty and crime is far from predictable or consistent. According to one study , 12 percent of adult psychiatric patients receiving treatment in the San Diego County health system had prior incarcerations.