Nature research paper: Biological insights into schizophrenia from ancestrally diverse populations

go.nature.com/4pMhb7f

In fact, “not being ok” is encouraged here

#mentalhealth #comic #comicsky

Two colleagues and I read "Peer Support Services Reaching People with Schizophrenia"
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

If interested in the area, I think we would recommend reading it. Brief reflections from our perspective:
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

#RealistReview #SocialSupport

RADAR Trial: A Reality Check for Critics of Antipsychotics

My discussion of the RADAR trial, with a focus on issues that I think have been emphasized less well in other discussions.

awaisaftab.substack.com/p/radar-tria...

How a new mental-health app is helping patients reality-check their hallucinations

https://www.newsbeep.com/au/84916/

Open this photo in gallery: CAMH scientist Sean Kidd and software developer Amos Adler co-created the A4i app…

Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences hosts Grand Rounds, designed as scientific seminars for research communication. These sessions cover mental health-related topics and include presentations by experts at U of T Scarborough. Sign up here: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/research/ont...

Don't miss! This Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 from 4:00 - 5:30 pm*, join Dr. Amer M Burhan for a discussion on applied mental health research at Ontario Shores: innovation at the point of care. Register here: luma.com/8gn6offc

Despite 50,000+ studies on relapse in psychosis, there's been no consistent definition until now 🤔

This systematic review and Delphi study developed consensus criteria for schizophrenia research, finding 85% of trials used inconsistent definitions.

#MentalHealth #Schizophrenia #Research

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Mental Health Award: Transforming early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people wellcome.org//research-fu...

Do patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder always need heavy sedation when agitated?

A 2025 study (Mashaw) shows agitation signals distress, resistance, & safety risks.

Here are emerging options to calm without over-sedation. 👇🧵

Precision medicine in schizophrenia. Pre-clinical research being conducted at the University of Newcastle Australia is hoping to screen patients for responsiveness to specific drugs.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My daughter is a youth worker (albeit in Australia where we have evidently a hundred times better social safety nets), but tragically there is a small number of badly damaged kids with incipient severe mental health problems like schizophrenia who simply must have drug therapy

it’s been so shitty because like. I am obviously a huge believer in the right to medical autonomy, and that includes the principle that whether someone gets treatment should be their own decision. but damn, in anosognosia/lack of insight situations it just kind of means you’re fucked.

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