Rural Energy for America Program (USDA)

Areas: NIMH said areas of interest include but are not limited to improved understanding of phenomenology, etiology, and pathophysiology of first-episode psychosis that emerges during mid-to late-life; studies identifying the underlying mechanisms and trajectories of psychotic symptoms, negative symptoms, cognition, social cognition, and functioning in schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders in mid-to late-life; studies identifying the underlying mechanisms for the increased risk of dementia among people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders; and studies of accelerated biological aging mechanisms that may influence psychopathology, premature morbidity, and mortality among people with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, among others.