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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

schizophrenia

Jonathan Rosen (Tali Rosen)
July 14, 2023, 6:35 pm
Author chronicles a friend’s descent into madness, and society’s failure to save him
In ‘The Best Minds,’ Jonathan Rosen examines how shifts in perception of mental illness and its treatment contributed to schizophrenic man killing his fiancée in a psychotic rage
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Children at sunset (Vitold Muratov, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 30, 2023, 12:17 pm
Study points to coding DNA variants as cause for childhood onset schizophrenia
Israeli research finds that some children with this rare mental illness carry genetic mutations previously found in people with language, learning, and developmental challenges
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The Galvin family (Courtesy of the Galvin family)
December 27, 2020, 4:01 am
In 2020 bestseller, journalist tracks American family plunged into schizophrenia
Robert Kolker’s ‘Hidden Valley Road’ recounts Mimi and Don Galvin’s quest for answers from the medical community as 6 of their 12 children are afflicted with severe mental illness
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 28, 2019, 2:01 pm
Woman, 65, dies after son attacks her in their home in Lod
Murder suspect arrested, said to be mentally ill; lawyer says police refusing to send him to psychiatric examination
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene of a suspected murder in Beit Yael homeless shelter in Netanya on August 2, 2018. (Screen capture: Ynet news)
August 3, 2018, 1:27 pm
Suspect confesses to double murder in Netanya homeless shelter
Police say Beit Yael resident killed center’s manager after stabbing roommate a few days ago, tried to set fire to himself after arrest
By ToI Staff
In this file photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, Boris Grits, 48, who holds Russian and Israeli citizenship, sits in a cage in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
January 17, 2018, 11:30 pm
Israeli stabber of Russian radio host diagnosed with schizophrenia
Tatyana Felgenhauer says she trusts doctors’ conclusion and expects authorities to keep Boris Grits in isolation
By AP
Ivanka Trump exits Trump Tower in New York City, November 17, 2016. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
December 12, 2016, 9:41 pm
Alleged Ivanka Trump stalker arrested in NY
Schizophrenic Justin Massler picked up two blocks from Trump Tower, now in a mental hospital
By JTA and ToI Staff
A person wearing an EEG cap (screen capture: YouTube)
August 27, 2016, 10:17 am
Israeli scientists use nanobots and thoughts to control when drugs are administered
Researchers say new method monitors brain activity, could be used to preempt flare-up of mental disorders such as schizophrenia
By ToI Staff
Gyulchekhra Bobokulova, a nanny suspected of killing a young girl in her care, sits inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow, on March 2, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/VASILY MAXIMOV)
March 4, 2016, 5:48 pm
Russia charges nanny with murder over toddler beheading
Gyulchekhra Bobokulova from Uzbekistan to undergo psychiatric, drug tests to determine her mental state
By AFP
A visitor walks by barbed wire fences at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP/Alik Keplicz)
January 25, 2016, 8:16 pm
Holocaust toddlers nearly twice as likely to develop schizophrenia
Study reinforces argument that survivors carried suffering into later life, rather than emerging stronger and healthier
By Sue Surkes
Brendan, left, and Neal Shusterman (Courtesy of Neal Shusterman)
November 26, 2015, 6:08 am
Jewish father’s book on mental illness wins award
Neal Shusterman says fictional piece ‘Challenger Deep’ is based on his experiences with his son Brendan
By Beth Kissileff
This photo provided by the Fresno Police Department shows Asif Mohammad Khan, who was arrested on suspicion of vandalizing the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno on Christmas day 2014. (photo credit: AP/Fresno Police Department)
December 28, 2014, 6:38 am
California man suspected of vandalizing Islamic center
Asif Mohammad Khan’s family say mental illness caused him to break windows and pour bleach on an American flag
By AP
December 24, 2012, 6:51 pm
Zuckerman pledges $200 million to Columbia University
Donation by Jewish communal leader and billionaire will fund institute devoted to the human brain
This Jan. 2012 file photo shows Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., touring the Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center (photo credit: AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)
August 14, 2012, 8:22 am
Former congresswoman Giffords returns home to Tucson
Arizona Democrat spent 18 months in Texas for rehabilitation after being shot by constituent in 2011
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