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Mitochondrial Dysfunction May Raise Schizophrenia Risk in 22q Patients
A disorder called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q) affects about one in 2,000 births, and causes dysfunction in every organ system including the heart and brain. It s been linked to behavioral changes including autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, and attention deficit hyperactive disorder. These problems may begin in adolescence and can persist in adults, when other psychiatric illnesses may emerge. Schizophrenia, for example, is about 25 times more likely in 22q patients.
Researchers have now learned more about a connection between an organelle known as the powerhouse of cells, the mitochondria, and the development of schizophrenia in 22q patients. The findings, which were reported in
Fostering the Future
Back Web Only May 13, 2021 By Zahra Hamdani The coronavirus pandemic has been a challenging time for people who are in the best of situations, and for many foster youth the past year has exacerbated already tough circumstances. “Foster youth are not able to socialize, and they go back to emotional issues that they had already worked through,” says Katie DeMaio, manager of Women United, an action group out of United Way California Capital Region, which serves Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo counties. During the pandemic, Women United, which provides skills and funds for foster youth ages 14 to 18, set up an online
Man arrested after stand-off with SWAT on Northwest Side
By Sun-Times Media Wire
CHICAGO - A 23-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning after having a stand-off with SWAT and Chicago police in Cragin on the Northwest Side.
About 11:11 p.m. neighbors heard the man and his 19-year-old girlfriend arguing from inside an apartment unit in the 5400 block of West Fullerton Avenue, and called the police, Chicago police said. Once officers arrived, the girlfriend came out of the apartment and said she did not want to be involved.
From inside the apartment, the 23-year-old man told officers he had a gun and would begin shooting, police said. Officers found out that inside the apartment, the man was with his girlfriend’s 1-year-old son.
Monday, May 10, 2021 | by Amanda Bishop
Tiago Fioravante is one of five scholars currently visiting Brock as part of the Emerging Leaders in the Americas (ELAP) program. (Photo by Alisson Brum/Criança na Mídia)
Queer children and their cultural representations are the focus of research by a Brazilian graduate student from the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) who is currently visiting Brock’s Department of Child and Youth Studies.
Tiago Fioravante, originally from Novo Hamburgo in southern Brazil, has come from the Master in Cultural Diversity and Social Inclusion program at Feevale University for a five-month visit that will end in June. His academic host is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director Hannah Dyer.