Webpages tagged with «Schizophrenia»

With funding from the SPARK Social Innovation program, Jan Ivar Røssberg and June Ullevoldsæter Lystad, seeks to develop a VR application to be used in the treatment of patients with serious psychotic disorders.

New research from NORMENT finds that people with schizophrenia have a genetic propensity to smoking and a reduced genetic risk of obesity. The study highlight the importance of including lifestyle interventions in treatment for schizophrenia.

The genes that influence the risk of developing schizophrenia appear to be the same genes that affect the thickness and size of the surface of the brain.