Social Defeat may play a causal role in schizophrenia

Some ethnic minority groups have higher rates of schizophrenia than the general population. My first thought was that the differences were genetic. Current research has found a strong genetic component to schizophrenia, and given that different ethnic groups may have different rates of high risk genotypes, the genetic variation between groups may be in part [...]

UCLA students speaking out… Sort of…

A recent article in UCLA’s daily newspaper presented the stories of two current students who left behind a life of drug use and petty drug dealing to focus on more long-term priorities, namely school.
The students, who used pseudonyms for obvious reasons, show us once again that it is possible to turn around a lifestyle that [...]