Schizophrenia - an overview
Schizophrenia is an illness that affects the brain and interferes with how a person thinks, feels and acts. Some people recover from schizophrenia completely; for others it can be a prolonged illness.With care and support most people can live ... [... more]
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Greg Bottoms
Author has written a powerful and entirely unique memoir that grips the reader from the very first sentence. In , Bottoms recounts with clarity and compassion his eldest brother's gradual descent into the darkness of schizophrenia. "My brother ... [... more]
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Electroconvulsive therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treats a range of mental illnesses by inducing a controlled seizure in the patient. ECT is used to treat a range of mental illnesses such as severe depression, catatonia and some forms of mania and schizophrenia. ... [... more]
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Schizoaffective disorder
Schizoaffective disorder is a combination of two mental illnesses - schizophrenia and a mood disorder. Schizoaffective disorder is classified into two subtypes: schizoaffective bipolar type and schizoaffective depressive type. Mental health ... [... more]
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Genetic factors
While the term schizophrenia literally means 'split mind' or 'split personality', the mental illness called schizophrenia is not about having a split mind. Genetic factors (things that run in families) make a person more likely to develop ... [... more]
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What causes schizophrenia?
Delusions: false beliefs of being persecuted, or of guilt, or of being very powerful. Some people may think they are being controlled by others, or that they have special powers. Some feel so afraid of others that they withdraw or hide to keep ... [... more]
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About schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia have times when they become severely disturbed in their behaviour, thoughts and feelings (psychosis). During these times, which can last for many months unless they are treated, people with schizophrenia may lose touch ... [... more]
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E. Fuller Torrey
E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., is a research psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia and manic-depressive illness. He is currently the associate director for laboratory research of the Stanley Medical Research Institute, president of the Treatment ... [... more]
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Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner intersperses plots of biblical heresy, adultery, mild schizophrenia, and quadruplets separated at birth. NNNNN is the title of the protagonist Nat's novel, which is a comic retelling of Cain and Abel's struggles to procreate in the ... [... more]
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Psychosis explained
Psychosis is associated with illnesses that affect the brain (for example, schizophrenia). People affected by psychosis can experience delusions, hallucinations and confused thinking. Medication and community support can relieve, or even ... [... more]
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