:: June 2009

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Substance Abuse Factor In Higher Risk Of Violent Crime By Persons With Schizophrenia

NGC - Management of persons with psychoses. (2004)

NGC - Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with schizophrenia. (2000)

NGC - Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. Second edition. (2004)

NGC - Schizophrenia (2003)

NGC - Schizophrenia: core interventions in the treatment and management of schizophrenia in primary and secondary care. (2002)

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NIH - Schizophrenia

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Schizophrenia

NIH - NIMH Schizophrenia

NIH - NIMH When Someone Has Schizophrenia

NIH - Schizophrenia Resources

Online Schizophrenia resource

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder

Genetic models of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Overlapping inheritance or discrete genotypes? (Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005) "We review current evidence of the genetic relationship between schizophrenia and affective disorders, mainly bipolar disorder (the various genetic research methods have been particularly applied to bipolar disorder). Recent family and twin studies reveal a growing consistency in demonstrating cosegregation between both disorders Ä"

Bipolar Disorder

Familial overlap between bipolar disorder and psychotic symptoms in a Canadian cohort. (Can J Psychiatry. 2005) "BACKGROUND: Although they were once considered separate nosologic entities, there is current interest in the etiologic overlap between bipolar disorder (BD) and schizophrenia. Ä CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this sample support etiologic theories arguing for a shared but nonspecific genetic etiology for BD and schizophrenia Ä"