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'''Schizophrenia Research Forum''' is a web knowledge environment dedicated to news, information resources, and discussion about research on [[schizophrenia]].
It hosts a number of resources such as What We Know About Schizophrenia, Animal Models and Drugs in Trials.
It also hosts the ''SzGene'' database, an unbiased field synopsis of genetic association studies performed in schizophrenia,<ref>{{Cite journal
 | author = [[Nicole C. Allen]], [[Sachin Bagade]], [[Matthew B. McQueen]], [[John P. A. Ioannidis]], [[Fotini K. Kavvoura]], [[Muin J. Khoury]], [[Rudolph E. Tanzi]] & [[Lars Bertram]]
 | title = Systematic meta-analyses and field synopsis of genetic association studies in schizophrenia: the SzGene database
 | journal = [[Nature Genetics]]
 | volume = 40
 | issue = 7
 | pages = 827–34
 |date=July 2008
 | doi = 10.1038/ng.171
 | pmid = 18583979
| s2cid = 21772210
 }}</ref>
though this database is no longer updated.

The Schizophrenia Forum was founded in 2005 by science editor Hakon Heimer as a project of the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (now called the [[Brain & Behavior Research Foundation]], with start-up funding from the [[National Institute of Mental Health]]<ref>{{Cite news
 |title       = Research Forum
 |work        = [[Psychiatric News]]
 |publisher   = [[American Psychiatric Association]]
 |volume      = 40
 |issue       = 23
 |pages       = 14
 |date        = 2005-12-02
 |url         = http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/40/23/14-a
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080906101523/http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/40/23/14-a
 |archivedate = 2008-09-06
}}</ref> and technical assistance from the [[Alzheimer Research Forum]] website.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url =  http://www.schizophreniaforum.org/abo/hist/default.asp
 | title = History
 | publisher = Schizophrenia Research Forum 
 | accessdate = 2008-06-17
}}</ref> Heimer won the 2011 Media Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology for developing the site.<ref>[http://bbrfoundation.org/brain-matters-discoveries/foundation-web-based-schizophrenia-research-forum-honored-by-acnp Foundation Web-based Schizophrenia Research Forum Honored by ACNP.] Brain and Behavior Research Foundation. Retrieved 2013-09-13.</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.schizophreniaforum.org}}

[[Category:Internet forums]]
[[Category:Schizophrenia-related organizations]]
[[Category:Mental health organizations based in Rhode Island]]


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