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Gray matter abnormalities associated with duration of untreated psychosis.

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Temporal gray matter reductions are more marked in patients with a long DUP, which could reflect a progressive pathological process that is active prior to treatment and could be associated with a more insidious onset of illness and a later presentation to services.
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This article is published in Schizophrenia Research.The article was published on 2006-04-01. It has received 94 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: dup & Psychosis.

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What Happens After the First Episode? A Review of Progressive Brain Changes in Chronically Ill Patients With Schizophrenia

TL;DR: Overall, the findings suggest continuous progressive brain tissue decreases and lateral ventricle volume increases in chronically ill patients, up to at least 20 years after their first symptoms, are suggested.
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The Myth of Schizophrenia as a Progressive Brain Disease

TL;DR: Mental health professionals need to join with patients and their families in understanding that schizophrenia is not a malignant disease that inevitably deteriorates over time but rather one from which most people can achieve a substantial degree of recovery.
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Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor in First –Episode Psychosis

TL;DR: Low BDNF levels at the onset of psychosis suggest that it may contribute to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia and/or perhaps could be a helpful neurobiological marker for possible early treatment intervention.
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Early signs, diagnosis and therapeutics of the prodromal phase of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders

TL;DR: Preliminary data suggest that low doses of atypical antipsychotic medications augmented by psychosocial treatments may delay the onset of psychosis in some individuals.
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Voxel-Based Morphometry—The Methods

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the steps involved in VBM, with particular emphasis on segmenting gray matter from MR images with non-uniformity artifact and provide evaluations of the assumptions that underpin the method, including the accuracy of the segmentation and the assumptions made about the statistical distribution of the data.
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