I'm pleased to have interviewed Sandra Yuen MacKay who recently published a memoir about her life with schizoaffective.
CB: Tell us a little about your story: your life with schizophrenia, when you were diagnosed, the struggle you went through all these years.
SYM: At fourteen, I was very shy and timid. I began to hear voices and believed students from school and my parents were plotting against me. Instead of asking for help, I withdrew more into myself. I was diagnosed at...
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According to a new study, smoking marijuana may be linked to worsening schizophrenia. The researchers also found that marijuana use may cause... Read more »
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health say that children who suffer from schizophrenia have slower brain growth than children who don't... Read more »
Scientists from the University of Bochum in Germany have found that the flat facial expressions often seen in people with schizophrenia may harm... Read more »
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