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WERE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE
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espite ongoing research,
Another area being looked at is
medication and support the relation between sleep and
services, individuals suf- psychiatric illness.
fering from mental illness
"If you take people who are de-
often find themselves engulfed in pressed and deprive them of sleep,
darkness.
40-50 percent will feel less de-
Those afflicted share common pressed," Dr. Manji said. "They
frustrations such as going through may be tired, but their mood is
the process of adjusting their med- typically better."
ications to find the correct dosage
Dr. Manji said the mood change
and dealing with a shortage of an- is short-lived. Part of his research
swers to questions surrounding involves altering a patient's brain
their illnesses.
pathway in the neurotransmitter
Although researchers continue systems during sleep.
to look for answers, so much about
The doctor said he has reason
mental illness is still unknown. to believe keeping certain path-
But a new research and treatment ways open while the individual is
facility at Detroit Receiving Hos- asleep may lead to the develop-
pital opened in collaboration with ment and use of time-released
Wayne State University could medication.
change all that.
Dr. Husseini Manji, a lead-
ing authority on schizophre-
nia and mood disorders, has
high hopes his investigations
will yield innovative discov-
eries.
Most of the doctor's re-
search centers on under-
standing the genetic and
'biochemical causes of mental
illness, and his findings could
reveal a method of correcting
problems in nerve communi-
cations, ultimately leading to Drs. Husseini Manji, Robert Belmaker and
the management of severe Joseph Bebchuk.
mood disorders and schizo-
phrenia.
The approximately $9-million
'We're not going to be studying unit is equipped with six inpatient
hundreds of patients," said Dr.
and four outpatient beds.
Manji, who moved to Detroit Re-
"Dr. Manji offers hope for the
ceiving Hospital from the National future," said Tonia Victor, the de-
Institute of Mental Health this velopment coordinator for Kadi-
year. "Instead we're looking at a ma, a mental-health agency for
few individuals at various levels. individuals with psychiatric dis-
Where other research facilities abilities. "He seems to feel we're
look at X, Y and Z in hundreds of very close to discovering reasons
people, we've decided we can be why people become afflicted with
effective on a smaller scale (look- mental illness."
ing at more variables in fewer peo-
Dr. Manji was invited by Kadi-
ple).
ma to speak about breakthroughs
"Not only is there hope and im- in research at a May 29 Confer-
proved treatment for those with ence on Adults with Psychiatric
mental illness, but I think we're Disabilities.
on the edge of coming up with
"A lot of times, families (of in-
some important findings."
dividuals with mental illnesses)
The unit's research is multifold are so absorbed with the day-to-
. and will be conducted in coopera- day that they don't get a chance
tion with a select group of inter- to educate themselves on what is
national researchers, including new in the field," Ms. Victor said.
Dr. Robert Belmaker, a professor
and chair of the Ben-Gurion Uni-
I(adima's conference on
versity department of psychiatry.
adults with psychiatric disabil-
Some of the work being done at
ities will be held 7 p.m. Wednes-
the clinic involves taking patients
day, May 29, at Temple Beth EL
off their medication and placing
Dr.
Frederick J. Frese will dis-
them on experimental drugs.
cuss living with schizophrenia,
Most medications don't work
and Dr. Manji will present re-
quickly and sometimes have to be
search breakthroughs in treat-
taken for days or weeks to be ef-
ing
thementally ill. For more
fective. Dr. Manji and his team
information, call Kadirna at
.are researching the reason for
(810) 559-8235. ❑
this.
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