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When people hear voices selectively

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

Salon

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

The Guardian - AU

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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 - AU

Eve Thompson obituary

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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 Conversation

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

The Independent UK

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.

LiveScience

The dark side of psychiatry – how it has been used to control societies

In his new book, No More Normal, psychiatrist Alastair Santhouse recalls an experience from the 1980s when he was a university student in the UK helping deliver supplies to “refuseniks” – Soviet citizens who were denied permission to leave the USSR. These people often faced harsh treatment, losing their jobs…

The Conversation

No, cannabis doesn't cause schizophrenia

These types of studies aren't intended to imply causation, yet they are often interpreted as such

Salon

Potent cannabis linked to surging schizophrenia cases

New schizophrenia cases linked to cannabis use disorder more than doubled in Ontario after legalisation of drug

The Independent UK

Missouri Man Sentenced To 8 Years For White House Attack

Missouri man sentenced to 8 years for crashing truck into White House barriers in Nazi-inspired attack. No injuries reported. Schizophrenia diagnosis post-...

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Student Who Took Classmate’s Life To “Please Slender Man” Released From Psychiatric Hospital

"Huge mistake." Morgan Geyser, the girl responsible for stabbing her 12-year-old friend 19 times in 2014 to please "Slenderman," was granted a controversial conditional release thanks to her progress in managing her schizophrenia. The post Student Who Took Classmate’s Life To “Please Slender Man” Released From Psychiatric Hospital first appeared…

The Independent UK

Star Wars actor Jake Lloyd breaks silence on schizophrenia ordeal

Former child actor said hitting ‘rock bottom’ was something he believed needed to happen in order to take part ‘honestly’ in treatment and therapy

The Independent UK

Father who set himself alight on indefinite jail term refused hospital care as family loses hope

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Thomas White, who has developed paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis after serving almost 13 years for stealing a phone, will not be transferred to hospital

The Independent UK

Study reveals what cannabis does to your brain – and the risks it poses to young adults

Cannabis is a known risk factor for developing psychosis that can progress to schizophrenia

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Some schizophrenia cases stem from malformations of the skull, study suggests

A new study hints at a "previously recognized" mechanism that links a rare chromosomal disorder to schizophrenia.

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Former Ice Skating Star Found Living On The Street In A Heartbreaking Twist Of Fate

Elena Gouliakova, the Russian figure skater who performed in Holiday On Ice, was found living on the streets of Mexico. The post Former Ice Skating Star Found Living On The Street In A Heartbreaking Twist Of Fate first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Daniel Penny Found Not Guilty In Subway Chokehold Case

Marine veteran acquitted of subway chokehold death charges involving homeless man with schizophrenia. Trial highlights complexities of public safety, menta...

Reason

FDA Policy Worsens Homelessness by Limiting Access to Antipsychotics

Clozapine is the only drug approved for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. So why does the FDA make it so hard to prescribe?

The Conversation

Being admitted to hospital after taking hallucinogens increases the risk of schizophrenia more than threefold

A link between taking hallucinogenic drugs and psychosis has long been suspected. Given the recent increase in people taking these drugs, a research group in Canada wanted to know if there was an association between people going to hospital because of problems related to these drugs and subsequent mental ill…

AAP

'Rot in hell': family anger at train station killer

A Canadian with schizophrenia has faced the distraught family of a stranger he killed in an unprovoked attack after they got off a train at the same station.

The Independent UK

It took Bondi attacker just three minutes to stab 16 people, inquest hears

Attacker suffered from schizophrenia and was off medication, inquiry hears

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