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Hospital admission after taking hallucinogens triples risk of schizophrenia: study

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Hospital admission after taking hallucinogens triples risk of schizophrenia: study

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 health – specifically, schizophrenia spectrum disorder. | Photo Credit: Stock Photo A link between taking hallucinogenic drugs and psychosis has long…

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The unseen effects of climate change on mental health

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The unseen effects of climate change on mental health

The mercury is soaring across India, with many places reporting unusually high temperature readings. It may not be possible to link each heat event to climate change, but we know climate change is bringing such anomalies to more areas, and with greater intensity. We also know climate change is disproportionately affecting society’s most vulnerable members,…

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Rare Disorder Causes Man To See Demonic Faces: “Scary”

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Rare Disorder Causes Man To See Demonic Faces: “Scary”

The visualisations created based on Victor Sharrah’s description. Researchers have, for the first time, created facial illustrations based on description given by a patient suffering from “demon face syndrome”. Officially known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), the rare condition has long been misdiagnosed as schizophrenia. ‘Prosopo’ is the Greek word for face, while ‘metamorphopsia’ describes transformation or…

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