Article updated and reviewed by Christos Ballas, MD, Attenting Psychiatrist, Inpatient and Consult/Liaison Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Editorial review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network on May 11, 2005.
The topic will be negative symptoms of schizophrenia, called this because they take away from or reduce functioning. Negative symptoms... Read more »
Although a small percentage of people with schizophrenia recover almost completely, the vast majority of patients have chronic, residual... Read more »
At the 2008 convention, I was fortunate to catch up with Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI's medical director, and his colleague, Stephen... Read more »
Being a biological scientist by training with graduate work in psychology, and having developed schizophrenia over fifty years ago at the... Read more »
Around 40 percent of people with schizophrenia will have the paranoid type. This is one of five sub-types of schizophrenia. Paranoid... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Doctors often group symptoms of schizophrenia into three categories: Positive, negative, and cognitive.Positive SymptomsPositive symptoms include the... Read more »
Researchers say a regular exercise regimen helps people living with schizophrenia reduce the negative symptoms of the illness, in addition to helping... 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 »
The experimental schizophrenia drug lurasidone improved symptoms significantly better than a placebo in a late-stage clinical trial. A six-week study... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Atypical Antipsychotic DrugsTen atypical antipsychotic drugs are currently approved in the United States:Clozapine (Clozaril, generic)Risperidone... Read more »