May is Mental Health Awareness Month.
In the coming series I will talk in detail about schizophrenia: starting from the onset of symptoms, how a diagnosis is made, the differences between types of symptoms, and treatments available through the recovery and hopefully remission stages.
To start: I will offer a list of schizophrenia early warning signs that I cribbed from the now-defunct schiophrenia.com. On that site a disclaimer was made: these behaviors can exist in everyday people;...
The Sunday morning session at the NAMI 2008 convention featured two psychiatrists working on the cutting-edge of research and treatment for... Read more »
People who have schizophrenia are often very concerned that they have passed the illness on to their children. Even when their children... Read more »
This SharePost is the first of a two-part series and examines a greatly disabling symptom of schizophrenia: cognitive deficit. I quickly... Read more »
It is a testament to the strangeness of what happened to me that I was doing something not many people could. But if you could, would you... Read more »
Early detection of schizophrenia is often very difficult before a person starts actively hallucinating or exhibiting bizarre behavior. It... Read more »
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Schizophrenia
Signs and Symptoms of SchizophreniaThere are three major categories of symptoms associated with schizophrenia: Positive symptoms Negative symptoms ... Read more »
Psychiatrist Ronald Pies talks about the laws surrounding schizophrenia and driving. Pies discusses this issue by sharing the story of Harry, a... Read more »
Scientists are studying the schizophrenia prodrome--the condition's early signs--to try to find a way to stop the thought disorder when it starts. A... Read more »
Researchers in Finland have found that schizophrenia patients who are given Clozaril (clozapine) have a lower risk of premature death than patients... Read more »
Researchers say the first evidence of brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia risk are detectable in babies only a few weeks old. In a... Read more »
The precise cause of childhood schizophrenia is not known. As with adult schizophrenia there is an assumed relationship between genetic factors the environment. Possible causes include family history, birth trauma, exposure to viruses in the womb...
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