The journal PLoS Medicine in 2010 reported on a research review that showed in numerous studies individuals with poor social connections had 50 percent higher odds of mortality in the study's follow-up period (an average of 7.5 years) than those with hearty social lives.
The review tracked more than 300,000 women and men worldwide. The mortality risk for those with slim connections was larger than the risk of death from a lack of exercise and obesity. 148 studies were reviewed going...
The interplay between nature and nurture is a recurring theme in the debate over the development of schizophrenia or its relapse. The... Read more »
This blog is about another proactive coping skill. It has a well known, but opposing truism in team sports that all serious fans... Read more »
The topic will be negative symptoms of schizophrenia, called this because they take away from or reduce functioning. Negative symptoms... Read more »
Two of the original Top 50 themes searched on at HealthCentral's schizophrenia community site were the questions posed as to whether stigma... Read more »
Whether schizophrenia affects you or a loved one, you want to know how long it will last, and when things will get better. So, it must be... Read more »
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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have... Read more »
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Paranoid schizophreniaSymptomsPeople with paranoid schizophrenia may have mistaken beliefs (delusions) that one or more people are plotting against... Read more »
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Schizoid personality disorder is a psychiatric condition in which a person has a lifelong pattern of indifference to others and social... Read more »
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Article updated and reviewed by Christos Ballas, MD, Attenting Psychiatrist, Inpatient and Consult/Liaison Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
People with schizotypal personality disorder may be very disturbed. Their odd behavior may look like that of people with schizophrenia. For example,... Read more »
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