The six-site Consortium on the Genetics of Schizophrenia (COGS), led by the director of the Schizophrenia Program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has received a $10 million renewal grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), one of the National Institutes of Health… Read The Full Article…UCSD Researcher Leads [...] Read more »

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Macho, macho man. I’ve got to be, a macho man. Macho, macho man… Read The Full Article…Study Finds Male Modesty A Turn Off For Women (And Men) Read more »

In Greek mythology, the gods punished Sisyphus by condemning him to roll a rock up a steep hill for eternity. But he was probably better off than if they’d condemned him to sit and stare into space until the end of time, conclude the authors of a new study on keeping busy. They found that [...] Read more »

The neurological responses caused by observing somebody else playing a game have been uncovered. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience found differing responses for neutral observers, compared to those who wished the player to fail and those who wanted to see the player succeed… Read The Full Article…Brain Potentials Reveal Spectator Effect Read more »

John Moloney T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Disability and Mental Health announced the first round of grants, totalling over 2.6m euros, awarded by the Genio Trust to support transition from institutional to personalised models of care in disability and mental health services… Read The Full Article…Minister Moloney Announces 2.6m Euros In Innovation Grants [...] Read more »

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. announced the results from a Phase Ib/II clinical trial in patients with schizophrenia with ITI-007, the Company’s unique, investigational new drug for the treatment of schizophrenia. The trial met its primary endpoint demonstrating that ITI-007 was safe and well-tolerated in patients with stabilized schizophrenia… Read The Full Article…Intra-Cellular Therapies Announces The Successful [...] Read more »

The oil spill ravaging the Gulf of Mexico has inflicted widespread psychological distress among coastal residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, etching scars even deeper than those whipped by Hurricane Katrina, according to a survey by Ochsner Health System, a nonprofit, academic healthcare delivery system… Read The Full Article…Survey, 30 Percent On Gulf Coast [...] Read more »

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. announced the results from a Phase Ib/II clinical trial in patients with schizophrenia with ITI-007, the Company’s unique, investigational new drug for the treatment of schizophrenia. The trial met its primary endpoint demonstrating that ITI-007 was safe and well-tolerated in patients with stabilized schizophrenia… Read The Full Article…Intra-Cellular Therapies Announces The Successful [...] Read more »

Confronting someone who makes a prejudiced remark can be a good thing – but not everyone does it. Researchers at Stanford University studied how and when targets of bias will speak up, and found that they’re more likely to do so if they hold a particular belief: that people’s personalities can change… Read The Full [...] Read more »