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Articles On Schizophrenia
May 21, 2009
Being diagnosed with any medical condition can be frightening, but a schizophrenia diagnosis can be particularly confusing because the thought disorder is not fully understood. In this article, a schizophrenia expert gives a list of 11 questions for you to ask your doctor about the condition, its diagnosis, and the treatment and support options available.
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Expert & Community Posts
By Paul Ballas
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Health Expert
Recently, I was reviewing the literature on tardive dyskinesia, and it struck me how frustrating it...
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By Jerry Kennard
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Health Expert
...strategies in the search for some biological basis for schizophrenia is to locate abnormalities...
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By Christina Bruni
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Health Expert
...clear: though I consider myself "recovered from" the schizophrenia, that's one moment in time in...
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By Christina Bruni
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Health Expert
There's some good news for people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The National Institute on Mental...
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Health Guide
...repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of resistant auditory hallucinations in
schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;68(3):416-21.Crespo-Facorro B,...
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CausesNo single cause can account for
schizophrenia. Rather, it appears to be the result of multiple causes such as genetic factors, environmental and psychological assaults, and possible hormonal...
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...Mental Illnesswww.nmha.org -- Mental Health Americawww.narsad.org -- National Alliance for Research on
Schizophrenia and Depressionwww.psych.org -- American Psychiatric Associationwww.aacap.org --...
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...significant impairment in social or academic functioning.E. Not caused by a pervasive developmental disorder,
schizophrenia, or any other psychotic disorder, and is not better accounted for by...
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Schizophrenia is the most common psychotic condition.Age
Schizophrenia can occur at any age, but it tends to first develop (or at least become evident) between adolescence and young...
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July 02, 2009
In this video and related article, the parents of 6-year-old schizophrenia sufferer January Schofield discuss the difficulties in coping with the...
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June 01, 2009
We've all heard the baffling stories: a U.S. soldier opens fire at a counseling center, killing five comrades; a professor kills his wife and two...
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February 22, 2007
By Lucy Williams, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Some patients undergoing treatment for mental illness gain so...
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December 23, 2008
Last month, painter Amber Christian Osterhout teamed up with National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York State (NAMI-NYS) to unveil an...
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July 10, 2009
Previously, SchizophreniaConnection.com readers were introduced to January Schofield, a six-year-old girl with child-onset schizophrenia. In this...
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