Published: October 10, 2008
This year’s October Awareness Campaign is more exciting and dynamic than ever before. One of the highlights is the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario’s first webcast radio show, “SSO AWARE” – which can be downloaded from the home page of this site. Topics of the program include: addressing issues of stigma and discrimination, as well as a panel discussion on Access to Treatment in Ontario.
Another innovative project being launched for October is our Strengthening Families Together (SFT) Online Program. SFT is a 10 module workshop for families that covers issues such as how to navigate the health care system; how to take care of a loved one who may be suffering from schizophrenia; as well as a helpful introduction to mental illness and schizophrenia. Link to learn more
Source: Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
Published: September 4, 2008
Minister for Science and Medical Research Verity Firth and Professor Cindi Shannon Weickert
Leading schizophrenia researcher, Professor Cyndi Shannon Weickert, has discovered that a brain receptor that normally stimulates growth in adolescence is hampered in people with schizophrenia.
The findings open up new opportunities for treatments for schizophrenia, commencing with a world first, three-year clinical drug trial this month.
Professor Shannon Weickert, who holds Australia’s first Chair of Schizophrenia Research, led the research which has recently been published in Human Molecular Genetics. [continue reading…]
Published: August 1, 2008
Throughout the world, scientists are attempting to recognize and treat schizophrenic disorders at an earlier stage. It is hoped that this will improve the prognosis, which has often been unfavorable. In the latest edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008; 105[30]: 532-9), Joachim Klosterkötter of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Cologne University describes the current state of research into the prevention of schizophrenic disorders and explains how the individual risk of the disease can be assessed and the threat of the initial episode of schizophrenia can be avoided. [continue reading…]
Scientists from the University have identified a risk gene associated with the mental health disorder schizophrenia.
An international group of researchers, led by Professors Michael O’Donovan, Nick Craddock, and Michael Owen from the School of Medicine examined DNA samples from over 7,000 individuals with schizophrenia, and almost 13,000 people without the disorder. [continue reading…]
