Schizophrenia

NEW ORLEANS -- The investigational combination xanomeline-trospium (KarXT) succeeded in improving positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia in the ...

Xanomeline-trospium was well-tolerated, with all of the most common treatment-emergent adverse events rated as mild to moderate in severity. For this study, 252 acutely psychotic patients with a confirmed DSM-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia were recruited across 22 trial sites, all of whom were currently experiencing symptoms of psychosis warranting hospitalization. There wasn't a significant difference in average blood pressure values between the treatment groups or from baseline. The latter has been used for years by urologists to treat overactive bladder, Angel Angelov, MD, MBA, head of medical affairs at Karuna Therapeutics, the developer of KarXT, explained to MedPage Today. Correll, MD, of Zucker Hillside Hospital in New York, and colleagues. Those who received another DSM-5 diagnosis within the prior year were excluded, along with those who had a history of antipsychotic treatment resistance or a drop in PANSS total score of 20% or more between screening and baseline.

SINGAPORE — A 35-year-old woman was suffering from schizophrenia, which went untreated for years, when she stabbed her eight-year-old daughter to death last ...

She said the voices in her head had instructed her to do it. The next day, she took her younger daughter with her and tailgated a commuter to enter Aljunied MRT Station. He shouted for their family to call the police and removed a bloodstained knife from the bedroom. She then decided to record the incident because she felt it would be useful if her aunt eventually sought help. The girl went to her grandparents’ coffee shop nearby. The accused was naked and holding a pair of scissors. The woman was defended by Mr Choo Si Sen and Ms Choo Yean Lin from Tan Lee & Partners, who told High Court judge Valerie Thean: "We submit that a young innocent life is gone — this cannot be undone. They also told her to harm herself and kill her older daughter because the girl was an evil spirit. On Aug 9 last year, she took the train from Aljunied to Somerset MRT station. They did not marry and he returned to China in 2014 to continue working while she remained here. Meanwhile, her family members noticed her behaving strangely from 2018 onwards. The voices also told her not to take her older daughter with her so she left the girl near Aljunied MRT station.

SINGAPORE — A woman stabbed her elder daughter repeatedly in the neck and torso, after hearing voices telling her that her eight-year-old was an evil spirit ...

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A woman who stabbed her daughter in a Geylang flat has been acquitted of a murder charge as she's found to be of unsound mind.

She pleaded guilty to a count of murder. Her younger daughter hid behind the door, and he moved to rescue her. The first thing the woman’s brother did was shout at her, and she started walking towards him. She was clothed and arrested. She was spotted entering Aljunied MRT station and then taking a train to Somerset. When entering and leaving the stations, she tailgated another commuter. The elder daughter went to her grandparents’ coffee shop nearby. She was apparently travelling like this as voices were telling her to do so, She lived with her parents, her brother and his wife, and their children in a Lorong 31 Geylang flat. Among other things, she believed she was being followed and surveilled through her phone and laptop. [Woman Allegedly Involved In 8-Year-Old Daughter’s Death, Police Arrest Her In Geylang] On 20 Sep, the woman was acquitted of a murder charge as she has schizophrenia, and was found to be of unsound mind at the time of the incident.

Globally, many adolescents live in environments in which poverty, conflict, or abuse is common, placing them at risk for developing mental disorders or engaging ...

He spent another three months out of school and had to miss the semester examination. “He is the first among four children of his parents, his other siblings are all girls, his father is a businessman and his mother is a school teacher. Adamu was hospitalized and received effective treatment for a condition the doctors call “Schizophrenia”. The following semester, he registered but his performance at the examination was very poor with a carryover of almost all the courses! One of the siblings is a pharmacy student at the university and the other two are in secondary school. Adamu felt better and returned home to spend another three months before returning to the university. He secured admission to study medicine in the college of medical sciences at his choice University and everyone was happy. He was afraid of leaving his room during the daytime because he believed people knew his thoughts, sometimes he hears his thoughts being narrated by unseen persons. Adamu felt better after five prayer sessions, though he was not completely free from the strange experiences, he adjusted and was able to tolerate them. He was able to write the SSCE and the result was quite outstanding, he equally performed excellently well at the Joint Admission and Matriculation Examination/Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (JAMB/UTME) for entrance into the university. I will illustrate the first part of the discussion with the story of Adamu (hypothetical), please read on: Adamu is a 22 years old 200-level university undergraduate reading Library Science. Adolescence is also a time when chronic mental disorders may develop, half of all mental health conditions start by 14 years of age but most cases are undetected and untreated.

The court heard that she was instructed by voices in her head to kill her daughter.

The voices also told her not to take her older daughter with her. The voices specifically said that her eldest daughter was an evil spirit who had to be killed. She then tapped out of the gantry and left the station once again. On the day of the murder, the woman was in her room with her two daughters. The woman left the daughter behind at Aljunied MRT and told her to leave them. The woman had started hearing voices in March 2021. The victim was conveyed to KK Women's and Children's Hospital. Her family also noticed that she had been acting strangely since 2018. The niece then returned to her breakfast. The voices would tell her that her food, water and family's cooking were poisoned. He also saw a blood-stained knife on the floor, and quickly threw it out of the room before shutting the door. Despite resuscitation efforts, the girl was pronounced dead.