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Schizophrenia
In The Jewish Community
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and other collaborating
institutions are conducting a study to understand the biological cause of schizophrenia among
Ashkenazi Jews. Both environmental and genetic factors are believed to play a role in
determining who is susceptible to the disease. Although schizophrenia does not occur more
frequently among the Jewish population, the fact that the Ashkenazi Jewish community evolved
from a limited number of ancestors and that they tend to marry individuals from the same ethnic
background provides unique opportunities for the genetic analysis.
Ashkenazi Jewish families with TWO or MORE LIVING SIBLINGS who have a diagnosis of
schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder are potentially eligible for inclusion in the study.
Travel is not required.
For more information, please contact Dr. Ann Pulver or Gail Ullrich, MSW,
toll-free at 1-888-289-4095 or via fax at 410-955-0644 or by mail at
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1615 Thames Street, Suite 205, Baltimore, MD 21231.
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Dr. Mark Reinstein, associate
executive director of the Mental
Health Association of Michigan,
has been named the 1997 recip-
ient of the Mental Health Advo-
cacy Award of the Michigan
Psychiatric Society. He was sim-
ilarly honored by the Alliance for
the Mentally Ill of Michigan in
1994.
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support group meets regularly.
There is no charge. For informa-
tion, call Dr. Franklin Sollars,
(248) 646-9322.
Weight loss and recipes for
Shavuot will be the topics for
May/June meetings of the Weight
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a.m., Thursdays, at the JPM JCC.
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