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Robin Cunningham

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posted 07/06/2008, comments (4)

Recovery and Functionality

At 3:30 in the afternoon on Sunday, April 8, 1956, Satan spoke to me for the first time. At 11:00 in the morning on Friday, April 13, 1956, I saw Dr. Levy, my first psychiatrist, for the first time. Within the hour, I had taken my first dosage of the only neuroleptic then available. Unbeknownst to me, at that moment, my... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/09/2008, comments (2)

Time for a Gender Sensitive Approach to Treatment?

Although the lifetime incidence of schizophrenia is roughly similar in men and women it remains the case that men seem to have a worse general outlook than women. More men than women are diagnosed with schizophrenia between the ages of 15 to 25 and they tend to show higher levels of social withdrawal, self-neglect and substance misuse. Men... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/03/2008, comments (2)

Delusional Disorder

Delusional disorder is sometimes confused with schizophrenia as both share delusions as a characteristic. What distinguishes delusional disorder is the presence of plausible delusions, as opposed to the more bizarre delusions that may accompany schizophrenia. Delusions are generally thought of as fixed false beliefs. The ‘fixed'... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/15/2008, comments (2)

Low Motivation in Schizophrenia Linked to Biochemical Rewards System

One of the most notable features of schizophrenia is lack of motivation. To date there has been little information available to determine why. In part, motivational problems are commonly viewed as secondary to long-term treatment effects, or the product of institutionalisation. Recent research involving the use of a simple reaction time... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/26/2008, comments (3)

New Research in Schizophrenia Treatment

Being a biological scientist by training with graduate work in psychology, and having developed schizophrenia over fifty years ago at the age of thirteen, I was thrilled to see the article in the February 24, 2008 issue of The New York Times by Alex Berenson concerning the initial success of researchers in treating schizophrenia using... Read more Chevron

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