I have treated many patients who have been hallucinating, and a lot of them do not have schizophrenia. About 1% of the population has schizophrenia, but 10 – 27% of the general population has experienced at least one hallucination, usually the visual type. Most times these hallucinations are not due to schizophrenia; usually they are due to... Read more
My child was just diagnosed with schizophrenia. What should I be prepared for? Are there any tools as a caregiver that I can provide?
This question gives me the opportunity to discuss some issues in the treatment of childhood onset schizophrenia. First, it should be mentioned that schizophrenia in children is extremely rare, occurring in... Read more
Schizophrenia is a disease that affects many areas of the brain, causing patients to suffer many problems in brain functions. Generally people see schizophrenia as an illness of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thought process, but the first two kinds of symptoms are often the focus of attention of patients and families because of... Read more
Hi everyone, welcome back to my blog. This time I wanted to discuss late-onset schizophrenia, a topic that’s of interest to me because usually the people I work with who have the disease tend to be fairly young. However, when I do consults in the general hospital, I’m confronted with severe psychotic symptoms in the elderly on a regular... Read more
The short answer is this: a person is 11 times more likely to develop schizophrenia if he or she has a relative with the disorder. It’s important to understand what this number means. Many studies show that schizophrenia occurs in 0.2 to 1.1% of people who have no relatives with schizophrenia. People who have a relative with the disorder... Read more
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