Groundbreaking Research: Risk and Romina Mizrahi

groundbreaking research: The groundbreaking research, a joint effort by researchers at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and King's College in England, has identified a plausible biological mechanism that links the effects of migrant status to the risk of developing psychosis, according to Toronto Star. We knew schizophrenia patients and those at risk of schizophrenia release more dopamine in their brains when exposed to a social challenge, said Dr. Romina Mizrahi, co-author of the study, says 'psychological and social interventions' can minimize the risk of immigrants developing psychoses. file photo By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Fri., Jan. 13, 2017 Brain chemistry could change under the stress of migration, increasing a newcomer's risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychoses, according to a new medical study. Romina Mizrahi, a study co-author and director of CAMH's youth psychosis prevention clinic and research program. When they are under stress, they also release more dopamine. Immigrants and their children have higher dopamine synthesis capacity versus non-immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.