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People with schizophrenia were hit hard by B.C.’s deadly 2021 heat dome

In June 2021, British Columbia experienced an extreme climate event. A heat dome trapped hot air over the province, pushing temperatures to record highs for several days, killing more than 600 people.

The Conversation

Serious mental illness often brings rapid weight gain – but support is missing

Being diagnosed with a serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder often brings an overlooked challenge: rapid and sustained weight gain. This side-effect can raise the risk of diabetes, heart disease and early death – widening an already stark life expectancy gap.

The Conversation

Pharmacy leaders issue warning over ‘dangerous’ medicine delays

One pharmacist reported their patients waiting more than a week for a medication for bipolar and schizophrenia

The Independent UK

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BioXcel Drug Calms Agitation At Home For Schizophrenia, Bipolar Patients

BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:BTAI) on Wednesday released topline exploratory efficacy data from the SERENITY At-Home Pivotal Phase 3 safety trial, which demonstrated that BXCL501 had continued effects and consistent benefit with repeat dosing.

Benzinga

Schizophrenic Guy Gets Pranked By Friends For 3 Weeks, They Regret It When He Checks Into Hospital

Friend group pranks man with schizophrenia for weeks without realizing his diagnosis, shocked when it goes too far.

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Yvette Cooper ordered to end detention of asylum seeker with schizophrenia

Home secretary could face legal action over decision to keep 25-year-old man from Nigeria in prison

The Guardian - UK

BioXcel Seeks FDA Label Expansion For Schizophrenia Treatment

BioXcel Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:BTAI) announced that its SERENITY At-Home Phase 3 trial of BXCL501—its sublingual dexmedetomidine film for acute agitation in bipolar disorder or schizophrenia—met its primary endpoint.

Benzinga

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Tiny pond worms could be used to help find new treatments for schizophrenia, study says

UK scientists are exploring how tiny pond-dwelling flatworms known as planaria could be used as an ethical alternative to lab mice and rats in brain research.

Euronews

Tiny worms found in ponds and river could help treat schizophrenia

Over a million rodents are used in UK labs each year

The Independent UK

How llamas could change the way we treat schizophrenia

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Why Is ATAI Life Sciences Stock Trading Lower On Monday?

Amid a surge in research targeting cognitive disorders, the pharmaceutical industry is witnessing a wave of pivotal trial results that could reshape schizophrenia treatment paradigms. As biotech firms race to develop innovative therapies, Recognify Life Sciences steps into the spotlight with new findings from its latest clinical trial.

Benzinga

The role llamas might play in treating schizophrenia

French researchers say they were able to treat ‘most deficits’ of schizophrenia in mice using llama antibodies

The Independent UK

Who Is Habiba Naveed? Woman Who Claims to Be Princess Diana's Daughter is Accused of Attacking Landlord

Habiba Naveed, who claims to be the secret daughter of Princess Diana, is now at the centre of controversy after allegedly assaulting her landlord. Here's what we know.

International Business Times UK

Pentagon tightens rules on getting medical waivers to join the military

The Pentagon says people with congestive heart failure, undergoing treatment for schizophrenia or who have a history of paraphilic disorders will no longer be eligible for a medical waiver to serve in the military

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Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moving to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case – now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

Salon

When people hear voices selectively

An unusual collaboration between scientists and psychics could transform the treatment of auditory hallucinations

The Guardian - AU

Is the inquest into the Bondi Junction murders further stigmatising schizophrenia?

Sandy Jeffs ‘bought into the pessimism of my diagnosis because that’s what I was told by all those clinicians’

The Guardian - AU

Cauchi at ‘significant’ risk of relapsing into psychosis when discharged into doctor’s care, Bondi Junction inquest hears

Joel Cauchi suffered deterioration in ‘performance IQ’ and some cognitive functions leading up to attack, expert tells Sydney coroner’s court

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Mass murder at Bondi Junction likely due to Joel Cauchi’s ‘sexual frustration and hatred towards women’, inquest told

Former treating psychiatrist suggests if Cauchi was suffering psychotic episode in April 2024 ‘he couldn’t have organised himself to do what he did’

The Guardian - AU

Nurse who treated Joel Cauchi for schizophrenia threw up when told about Bondi Junction stabbings, inquest hears

Health worker describes 40-year-old as ‘compliant’ and ‘diligent’ patient but recalls 2020 phone call and a possible ‘warning sign’ of mental health relapse

The Guardian - UK

Eve Thompson obituary

Other lives: Chair of the National Schizophrenia Fellowship who pushed for better mental health provision in the UK

AAP

Police close gaps that left troubled killer untreated

A forgotten email which meant a mentally ill man went without treatment before a mass stabbing has led to improvements by police to ensure there is no repeat.

The Conversation

Brains of people with schizophrenia may age faster – how our research adds to the evidence

What causes schizophrenia? This severe mental illness, which affects over 20 million people worldwide and is characterised by recurrent hallucinations and delusions, often begins to emerge in the period from adolescence to early adulthood. It’s a complex disorder that affects almost every area of life.

The Independent UK

Israel releases Palestinian who took part in attack aged 13 and developed mental illness in prison

Israel has released a Palestinian who took part in an attack when he was 13 and developed schizophrenia in prison as requests for early release were denied

LiveScience

Origins of schizophrenia linked to epigenetics of the placenta

Epigenetic changes in the placenta may shape how the fetal brain develops and thus influence the risk of psychiatric disorders.

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