Questions tagged [schizophrenia]
For questions involving the scientific basis (anatomical substrates, neurotransmitter imbalances, behavioral changes, and pharmacotherapies) of schizophrenia.
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Can schizoaffective disorder be present with no negative symptomatology
In addition to delusions and hallucinations, schizoaffective disorder involves mood alterations.
Is the presence of negative symptomatology necessary for diagnosing schizoaffective disorder, or is ...
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Purely cognitive, as opposed to neuropsychological, characterizations of schizophrenia
Has anyone attempted to characterize schizophrenia purely by particular patterns in the way they think, based on the things they say? I mean for example, looking at a lot of recorded data of things ...
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Why is Autistic Spectrum Disorder compatible with the Schizophrenia Spectrum in the DSM-V?
I am curious why DSM-V says autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia spectrum disorder are compatible. I am geologist, and all that topic about autism smells to me like a biologic cold adaptation ...
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Are autism and schizophrenia more severe in Sub-Saharan populations?
Some time ago, I read a Spanish news article discussing the creation of Neanderthal proto-brains using CRISPR. I have translated the relevant part:
Interestingly, some characteristics of Neanderthal ...
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Can schizophrenia and adhd interact?
So my understanding is that schizophrenia occurs when there is high dopamine activity. On the other hand adhd occurs due to low dopamine activity.
So here's my question: if the probability of someone ...
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How big is the risk of schizophrenic delusion being mistaken for true gender dysphoria? What implications might this risk have?
I'm no expert, but below are some premises I've gleaned from my independent research.
Schizophrenia usually does not manifest until a person's 20s. The onset is often gradual, during which time the ...
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Schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder, how to make the right diagnosis?
How not to confuse a schizoaffective disorder and a bipolar disorder in the manic phase where the person experiences pseudo-hallucinations? In both cases, there are mood symptoms and schizophrenia. ...
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characteristics of auditory hallucinations
How common is it for someone suffering from auditory hallucinations to recognize the voice(s) as someone they know, whether it be a direct or indirect relationship? By direct I mean someone they ...
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Why Is It Still Called Schizophrenia?
Schizo = Split
Phrenia = Mind
The word schizophrenia translates as splitting of the mind, its use was intended to describe the separation of function between personality, thinking, memory, and ...
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Why do antipsychotics bind to D2-like instead of D1-like receptors?
My understanding is that:
The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia states that the positive symptoms are a result of excessive neurotransmission of dopamine in the mesolimbic pathway.
D1-like ...
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Term of art for "agent-slotting" delusion?
Some years ago I read about the computational modeling of schizophrenia. (It was probably a summary in a layperson's science publication like Science News.)
As I recall, altering a single variable ...
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Is it possible to get good hallucination while suffering from schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia : A disorder that affects a person's ability to think, feel and behave clearly.
The exact cause of schizophrenia isn't known, but a combination of genetics, environment and altered brain ...
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What can happen if a human takes SB-243213?
SB-243213 acts as a selective inverse agonist for the 5-HT2C receptor.
The 5-HT2C receptor is one of many 5-HT receptors which are receptors that bind serotonin, and seems to play a major role in ...
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Can talking therapy help with severe delusions?
A delusion is a firm and fixed belief based on inadequate grounds not
amenable to rational argument or evidence to contrary, not in sync
with regional, cultural and educational background.
I ...
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Is a return to previous personality possible in Schizophrenia?
I'm reading Memory Disorders in Psychiatric Practice by German E. Berrios and John R. Hodges (2000). The section on The Ganser Syndrome has this table (from page 449) contrasting Schizophrenia and ...
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