#schizophrenia

#schizophrenia

Michael Laudor had become an outspoken voice of mental illness, saying he could live safely with schizophrenia, and gaining a book and movie deal as a result.But then he murdered Caroline Costello, his pregnant fiancée, in 1998, shocking those who advocated for him.New York Post
On the morning of June 18, 1998, Jonathan Rosen received a call from his mom, warning him not to go home.

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"This case was initially prosecuted by the previous office," Burrell said, referring to Boudin, who was recalled by voters last year."I'm aware," Giorgi dryly responded.The DA's office is now under the purview of Brooke Jenkins.The prosecutor assigned to the case, Darby Williams, did not object to Burrell's request for an extension.

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Researchers have identified a man with a rare genetic mutation that protected him from developing dementia at an early age.The finding, published on 15 May in Nature Medicine, could help researchers to better understand the causes of Alzheimer's disease and potentially lead to new treatments.For nearly 40 years, neurologist Francisco Lopera at the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, has been following an extended family whose members develop Alzheimer's in their forties or earlier.

The man who killed Jordan Neely after putting him in a chokehold while on a subway in New York City has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney's office said on Friday.Daniel Penny, 24, could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty under the charge.Penny surrendered himself to New York police on Friday morning.

One of the UK's leading psychiatrists is calling for an overhaul of the diagnosis and treatment of psychotic disorders following evidence that a small but significant fraction of cases could be triggered by an autoimmune response.Speaking before the relaunch of a groundbreaking trial in which psychosis patients are being treated with medicines normally reserved for autoimmune conditions such as arthritis and lupus, Prof Belinda Lennox, the head of psychiatry at the University of Oxford, said she hoped the work would pave the way for new, more targeted approaches to treating conditions such as schizophrenia.

A brief scalable suicide risk assessment tool accurately predicts suicide risk in patients with serious mental illness (SMI), a new population-based study shows.The 17-question Oxford Mental Illness and Suicide Tool (OxMIS) assessment is designed to predict 12-month suicide risk in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder based on risk factors such as familial traits, antisocial traits, and information about self-harm.

Mind reading is common among us humans.Not in the ways that psychics claim to do it, by gaining access to the warm streams of consciousness that fill every individual's experience, or in the ways that mentalists claim to do it, by pulling a thought out of your head at will.Everyday mind reading is more subtle: We take in people's faces and movements, listen to their words and then decide or intuit what might be going on in their heads.

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU Singapore) are tapping artificial intelligence (AI) to detect depression, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders earlier.The researchers are developing a diagnostic toolkit to identify symptoms of such conditions, and to anticipate their worsening severity.

Jim Gordon, who drummed with Eric Clapton and is credited with co-writing the mega-hit "Layla" years before he was convicted of killing his own mother, died Monday at age 77.The musician died of natural causes at California Medical Facility, a state prison hospital in Vacaville, Calif., according to Variety.

When Dr. Charles Nemeroff first met his patient, the 32-year-old woman had already been to see several psychiatrists.Initially, the woman, whose identity has been concealed to protect her privacy, had experienced paranoid and racing thoughts, insisting there were listening devices in her phone and that people were watching her; she even sold her home in an attempt to get away from them.

PARIS - The 2023 Encéphale Congress devoted a session to dissociative identity disorder (DID).It's a fascinating condition that has been depicted in countless movies and TV shows.And while it may be the key to success at the box office and in the ratings, DID nonetheless remains a controversial topic within the psychiatric community.

The family of a severely mentally ill woman who lay dead and undiscovered in her flat for more than three years said they were unable to have any contact with her because of privacy laws.Laura Winham, 38, had schizophrenia, struggled to look after herself and had become estranged from her family, who she thought were trying to harm her.

Police have said they are satisfied there was no third-party involvement in the death of a vulnerable woman who lay dead in her flat for over three and a half years.Laura Winham's family said she was abandoned and left to die by social and mental health services after she was found in a mummified and skeletal state by her brother in her flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021.

An abandoned vulnerable woman lay dead in her flat for over three and a half years, her family says.Laura Winham, 38, was found in a mummified and skeletal state by her brother in her flat in Woking, Surrey, in May 2021.Her family says she was abandoned and left to die by social and mental health services.

Legend has it that babies with February births have been getting screwed out of a full birth month ever since the ancient Roman emperor Augustus Caesar stole a day from February to add it to August.Nonetheless, studies suggest that parents of February babies can rest assured that their kids have more to celebrate than fear about their birth month.

The 28-year-old pulled a knife on four passengers on a high-speed train in the southern state of Bavaria last November.The trial focused on whether his attack was motivated by Islamic extremism or schizophrenia.The man who carried out a knife attack on a German high-speed train was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday.

At Column One, The Times' showcase for storytelling, we share stories tragic and comic, haunting and inspiring.This year we featured tales about a remote worker who died alone at home, about climbing Mt.Kilimanjaro, about the strange sport of artistic swimming.We also can't resist a good animal story.

A genetic postmortem analysis of the brains of patients with schizophrenia suggests dysfunction of dopamine receptors in the caudate nucleus may cause the disorder.Investigators identified a mechanism on the dopamine receptor, known as the autoreceptor, which regulates how much dopamine is released from the presynaptic neuron.