Brain chemistry reveals psychiatry’s false divisions – new study

By Sameer Jauhar, Clinical Associate Professor, Imperial College London
Robert McCutcheon, Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellow, University of Oxford

For decades, psychiatrists have treated psychosis as if it were separate conditions. People experiencing hallucinations and delusions might be diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression and related diagnoses, and receive completely different treatments based on diagnosis. But new research suggests this approach may be fundamentally flawed.

Our latest study, published in Jama Psychiatry, reveals that the brain changes driving psychotic symptoms are remarkably similar…

Read complete article

~	How a church row over a pre-Christian ritual reflects an ancient Italian village’s battle for survival

~	Are ultramarathon runners really at increased risk of bowel cancer?

~	Like Reagan, Trump is slashing US environment regulations, but his strategy may have a far deeper impact

~	College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them fact-checking 101 − here’s what happened

~	Squash has been played in Philly for 125 years − a sports psychologist explains why it’s one of the city’s best-kept secrets

~	The US really is unlike other rich countries when it comes to job insecurity – and AI could make it even more ‘exceptional’

~	Active Clubs are white supremacy’s new, dangerous frontier

~	Canada’s class divide at the ballot box is growing

~	Drug dealers are plundering people’s homes into ‘trap houses,’ driving up homelessness and violence in Thunder Bay

~	What makes Lake Iro in Chad so special? It’s not just a viral sunglint photo