Seizure threshold increases with age and the frequency of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Therefore, therapeutic seizures can be difficult to induce, even at maximum stimulus charge with available ...

ABC star James Longman said it felt like a 'bomb going off' when his father and grandfather committed suicide while revealing ...

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James Longman was just nine when his father died. Two decades later he learned how his life had really ended - and the ...

After reinvigorating a decades-old schizophrenia drug in an innovative long-acting treatment option, Teva is looking to unlock its next chapter of mental health treatment. TEV’749 is a long ...

Light had always caused problems for Kevin when symptoms of schizophrenia came on. He thought that the lights were watching him, like an eye or a camera, or that on the other side of the light ...

Using 3D laser surface imaging, they scanned the faces of 93 subjects—49 controls, 22 with schizophrenia, and 22 with bipolar disorder—and found that the controls "showed marked asymmetries ...

1st new class of schizophrenia drug in more than 3 decades In September, the FDA approved the first new class of drug to treat people with schizophrenia in more than 30 years. The pill ...

A new study hints at a "previously recognized" mechanism that links a rare chromosomal disorder to schizophrenia. The syndrome — which affects roughly 1 in 2,150 live births — can affect many ...

Yes, a head injury can increase the chance of developing schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In some cases, injury to your brain’s frontal lobe area can lead to temporary psychosis symptoms.

Hi, it’s Bob in New York. An FDA safety program is preventing sick patients from getting the world’s most effective schizophrenia drug. So a group of furious moms is fighting back. But first ...

Objective: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been occasionally applied as a treatment for super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE). However, the effects of ECT on electrographic activity and ...