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SCHIZOPHRENIA RESOURCE CENTER
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Schizophrenia is a chronic psychotic disorder with onset typically occurring in adolescence or young adulthood. Schizophrenia results in fluctuating, gradually deteriorating, or relatively stable disturbances in thinking, behavior, and perception. To satisfy the diagnostic requirements of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, the syndrome must continue for at least 6 months, with at least one month of active symptoms present much of the time, and must result in significant impairment of occupational and social functioning. | | |
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Schizophrenia is a chronic debilitating psychiatric disorder. It is not well understood and probably consists of several separate illnesses. Symptoms include disturbances in thoughts (or cognitions), affects, and perceptions and difficulties in relationships with others. The hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is the experience of auditory hallucinations. However, impaired information processing is probably the most harmful symptom. | | |
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Childhood-onset schizophrenia is a severe disorder that usually is chronic and persistently disabling. Most psychological, pharmacologic, and neuroimaging studies of childhood-onset schizophrenia have suggested dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex and limbic system. The neurotransmitter implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia is dopamine. | | |
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