Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder for which the cause remains unclear. In a recent set of findings, Dr Golam Khandaker and colleagues have confirmed that exposure to certain infections before birth or during early childhood can increase the chances of developing schizophrenia as an adult. In a systematic review recently published in Psychological Medicine, Dr Khandaker [...]
Early infection link to schizophrenia
July 5, 2012 by Julia Graham
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Charting the past to anticipate the future
March 22, 2012 by James Kirkbride
A new Cambridge-led study, published today in PLoS One, has examined the past 60 years of incidence data on psychotic disorders in England in the hope that the data can reveal clues about the possible social factors which appear to underpin such conditions. The systematic review, which was led by Dr James Kirkbride, of the [...]
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