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World Mental Health Day Quiz
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Is schizophrenia accurately and objectively diagnosed?
Schizophrenia no longer has clinically defined subsets as they became too difficult to accurately diagnose. In this study, the authors explore a novel and innovative way to use biology to identify subsets of schizophrenia. Hanna / stock.adobe.com The situation Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that manifests in adolescence and often leads to a lifetime…
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Childhood trauma in patients with severe mental disorders linked to shorter telomeres
Telomere length represents a ‘molecular clock’ that contributes to aging © wildpixel / Getty Images / iStock Telomeres are DNA-protein structures at the tails of chromosomes that shorten with increasing age in most human tissues. When a cell divides, the end of the chromosomes is not replicated. The telomeres will thus become a little bit…