What is Schizophrenia? A Basic Definition

schizophrenia
     n : any of several psychotic disorders
         characterized by
         distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and
         language and withdrawal from social contact [syn: schizophrenic
         disorder, schizophrenic psychosis, {dementia
         praecox}]

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Fri Jul 18

• Partially Shared Genetic Profile Between Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
• Canvas :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews
• Into The Wild: The False Being Within ? Far North Science: posits schizophrenia theory of Christopher McCandless from Into The Wild book

Thu Jul 17

• ScienceDirect - Neuropsycholog ia : Finding the hidden faces: Schizophrenic patients fare worse than healthy subjects
• Janssen: Exclusively Dedicated to Mental Health
• Similar Genes Increase Risk for Bipolar and Schizophrenia

Wed Jul 16

• open the doors
• Fear Factor: Dopamine May Fuel Dread, Too: Scientific American

Tue Jul 15

• You're Not God - News - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
• brief introduction to psychotic disorders: this is a very brief introduction to the very complex subject of psychosis an acute psychotic episode may involve strange and frightening behaviour such as withdrawal, suspiciousness , self-neglect and threats. families or professionals (such as schools
• Advance in brain chemistry of schizophrenia patients: Interesting discovery of an aspect of the brain biochemistry in schizophrenia patients. Could lead to much improved therapy. Steven S. Clark, PhD http://stevens clark.typepad. com/bioscience _biz/

Mon Jul 14

• How To Not Be Paranoid About Paranoia | eHow.com
• Incorrectly cleaved protein leads to schizophrenia

Sun Jul 13

• Hearing voices of reason - Times Online
• Psych Central . Trusted information in mental health and psychology

Sat Jul 12

• Schizophrenia Linked To Dysfunction In Molecular Brain Pathway Activated By Marijuana
• Mind Hacks: Mental illness: in with the intron crowd: Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.mindhacks .com%2Fblog%2F 2008%2F07%2Fme ntal_illness_i n_w.html

Fri Jul 11

• National Empowerment Center: Personal Assistance in Community Existence (PACE) recovery movement
• Method Evaluates Risk for Schizophrenia
• People with Schizophrenia Don't Stay on Meds

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