Schizophrenia WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a progressively disabling disease of the brain. This disease is not well understood and may consist of several different illnesses. Many people who suffer from schizophrenia also suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder.1
Fast Facts:
- There is a raised risk of suicide in those who suffer from schizophrenia.2
- This disorder is commonly confused with bipolar disorder, delusional disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder.3
- Treatment of schizophrenia commonly consists of typical antipsychotics or atypical antipsychotics.4
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Latest Headlines on Schizophrenia
What Are The Symptoms of Schizophrenia?
- WebMD: Schizophrenia Symptoms and Types
- eHow: How to Recognize Schizophrenia
- A.D.A.M. (via MedlinePlus): Schizophrenia Symptoms
- eMedicineHealth: Schizophrenia Symptoms
What Are The Causes and Complications of Schizophrenia?
- Schizophrenia.com: Causes of Schizophrenia
- Mental Health Channel: Schizophrenia Causes
- Aurora Health Care: Risk Factors for Schizophrenia
- About.com: Causes of Schizophrenia
What Are The Treatments and Medications for Schizophrenia?
- DrugDigest: Schizophrenia Treatment Options
- HealthCentral: Treatment for Schizophrenia
- eMedicine: Schizophrenia Treatment
- eMedTV: An Overview of Schizophrenia Treatment
What Are The Holistic and Alternative Treatments for Schizophrenia?
- Mayo Clinic: Lifestyle and Home Remedies
- Schizophrenia.com: Complementary Schizophrenia Treatments
- HPathy: Homeopathic Treatment for Schizophrenia
What Are The Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Schizophrenia?
- PsychCentral: Types of Schizophrenia
- eMedTV: Types of Schizophrenia
- WrongDiagnosis: Prognosis of Schizophrenia
How Do You Prevent Schizophrenia?
- Schizophrenia.com: Prevention and Risk Reduction | Preventing Schizophrenia: Current Research
- Neuropsychiatry Reviews: Can Schizophrenia Be Prevented?
- Healthwise (via WebMD): Schizophrenia - Prevention
Wisdom, Personal Experiences and Blogs about Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia.com: Personal Blogs on Coping With Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia: A Carer's Journal
- The Wife of a Schizophrenic: "Miscommunication"
- Revolution Health: Whatever It Takes
Foundations and Support Groups on Schizophrenia
- NARSAD: The Mental Health Research Association
- Official Site: Mental Health America
- Official Site: National Alliance on Mental Illness
Message Boards, Chat and Discussions about Schizophrenia
- DailyStrength: Discussions on Schizophrenia
- Revolution Health: Posts on Schizophrenia
- HealthBoards: Schizophrenia Message Boards
- eHealth Forum: Schizophrenia Forum
- Topix Forums: Forums on Schizophrenia
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Schizophrenia
- PubMed Central: Schizophrenia Articles
- JAMA: Articles on Schizophrenia
- Google Scholar: Schizophrenia Current Articles
Clinical Trials on Schizophrenia
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Schizophrenia Clinical Trials
- CenterWatch: Clinical Trials on Schizophrenia
Research Notes References
- ↑ Aurora Health Care: Schizophrenia
- ↑ eMedicine: Schizophrenia Overview
- ↑ eMedicine: Differential Diagnosis]
- ↑ eMedicine: Treatment
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- Contributor: Amy Sandhu
- Reviewer: Scott Pearlman, M.D.
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 16, 2009
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
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- Last update: Oct. 16, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.