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Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia
Just diagnosed: What to ask your doctor about schizophrenia
May 21, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
A Little Look Inside the Brain
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...strategies in the search for some biological basis for schizophrenia is to locate abnormalities... Read more »
Virginia Tech Tragedy Sharpens Focus on Relationship Between Violence and Mental Illness
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert...association between the risk of violent behavior and the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Despite... Read more »
Does Schizophrenia Exist?
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...the question we need to take a step back to where a diagnosis of schizophrenia is first made.... Read more »
A New Indication for Abilify
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert...you have any questions about aripiprazole or the diagnosis of schizophrenia, consult your... Read more »
Signs of Schizophrenia in Children
By Paul Ballas , Health Expert...mentioned earlier, a lot of the information about the diagnosis of schizophrenia in children... Read more »
Health Guide
Schizophrenia: Diagnosis
DiagnosisThe doctor will use one or more verbal screening tests to help determine whether a patient's symptoms meet the criteria for schizophrenia. Because no single symptom is specific to... Read more »Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis
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...schizophrenia rather than a cause. Nevertheless, low income and poverty increases the risk for delayed diagnosis and treatment, and such delays could lead to more severe disease in patients with... Read more »Narcolepsy: Diagnosis
DiagnosisAlthough narcolepsy is a physical disorder, doctors are still very likely to misdiagnose patients as having psychologic problems. It often takes a year or longer for a patient with... Read more »Schizophrenia: Treatment
...drugs abuseDelusions of persecutionA history of stopping medications within the first 6 months after diagnosisStopping MedicationsNearly all patients experience some relapse or worsening of... Read more »Images
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