Magdeburg-based Medicine, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Math, Data Science and Statistics
An analysis of emergency admissions of psychiatric patients ‚in times of corona‘ is underway. How did (and how does) the lockdown starting mid March affect mental health and by that the number of psychiatric emergencies? We don’t know yet, but preliminary findings suggest, that people in need of psychiatric care stay home or at least … Weiterlesen …
Increased densities of T and B lymphocytes indicate neuroinflammation in subgroups of schizophrenia and mood disorder patients Abstract An increasing number of clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies as well as investigations of CSF and blood suggests that neuroinflammation plays an essential role in the etiology of schizophrenia and mood disorders. However, direct neuropathological evidence of … Weiterlesen …
The present situation, a global virus pandemic, is not only relevant for epidemiologists and microbiologists (and the general public). In psychiatry too, we are facing an unprecedented situation. In Germany a step-by-step procedure to reduce the potential Covid19 disease burden was iniated on county level with the closing of all public institutions (nursery homes, schools, … Weiterlesen …