Monday, 15 September 2014

another reason not to take benzodiazepines

Research is indicating that the long-term use of benzodiazepines increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease development:

Long-term use of anxiolytics linked to Alzheimer's disease

latest research on the genetics of schizophrenia

An article from Psychiatric News on the latest research on the genetics of schizophrenia:

Dozens of schizophrenia risk loci identified

Wednesday, 10 September 2014

an experiment in dementia care

A video about the village of Hogewey in the Netherlands, where every resident has severe dementia:

Hogewey

Monday, 8 September 2014

yet another full film

Based on the only novel by American writer Sylvia Plath, which was semi-autobiographical. Plath committed suicide a month after the novel was first published in the United Kingdom (1963).

The Bell Jar

another full film

This time, a film from 1957 about a woman with a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder:

The Three Faces of Eve