What is a promising new treatment for schizophrenia, and what are its benefits?

What will be an ideal response?


The integration of exercise as a treatment therapy for patients with schizophrenia appears to help improve brain health, thereby reducing positive and negative symptoms. Exercise improves cognition and overall functioning, reduces inflammation, and stimulates the growth of new neurons in the hippocampus.

Psychology

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a. GABA b. dopamine c. serotonin d. norepinephrine

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When computing m_D±t_(?/2) (s_(m_D )), what is s_(m_D)^2 if sample size is 16, and the variance of the difference scores is 256?

a. 16 b. 64 c. 4 d. 256

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How do the leading causes of death in the United States today compare with those in the early 1900s?

a) As in the early 1900s, infectious diseases represent the leading causes of death in the U.S. today. b) In the early 1900s, behavioral factors played a large part in the leading causes of death, just as they do today. c) In the early 1900s, the leading causes of death were largely infectious; today, behavioral factors play a bigger role. d) Behavioral factors contributed substantially to the leading causes of death in the early 1900s. Today, infectious diseases are the main causes of death.

Psychology

At the ganglion cell level, different colors are encoded

a. anatomically. b. temporally. c. at different intensities. d. through pigment mixing. e. just as trichromatic theory predicts.

Psychology