All in the Mind - Schizophrenia—New Clues

Image: (Anne Graham, NeuRA)

This was last week's episode of the All in the Mind podcast from Radio National (ABC) in Australia.

Schizophrenia—New Clues

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Sunday 5 October 2014 

As part of Mental Health Week, we discuss some of the intensive research efforts trying to uncover the mysteries of the devastating brain disease of schizophrenia.

Transcript  

Guests

• Cyndi Weickert - Profile at Neuroscience Research Australia
• Jayashri Kulkarni - Profile at Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc)
• Richard Schweizer

Further Information

• Mental health week
• Lifeline Crisis Support 131114
• Article by Jayashri Kulkarni in Molecular Psychiatry - Estradiol for treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a large-scale randomized-controlled trial in women of child-bearing age
• Article in Nature—genetics and schizophrenia - Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci
• Schizophrenia research institute
• MAPrc - Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre
• Neuroscience research Australia
• Encounter, ABC Radio National

Presenter: Lynne Malcolm

 

Image: Richard Schweizer in his studio at Eastside radio. (Anne Graham, NeuRA)

 

 

Image: Cyndi Shannon Weickert at her TED talk, with image of her brother behind her (Anne Graham, NeuRA)

 

 

Image: Cyndi Shannon Weickert in her lab (Anne Graham, NeuRA)

 

Image: Professor Jayashri Kulkarni