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A 2013 systematic review and meta-analysis found that the siblings of schizophrenics had a slightly lower fertility rate than the general population while parents of schizophrenics had a fertility rate roughly similar, leading the researchers to conclude that a compensatory fitness advantage in siblings and parents cannot explain the ...
Schizophrenia affects around 0.3–0.7% of people at some point in their life. [ 19 ] [ 14 ] In areas of conflict this figure can rise to between 4.0 and 6.5%. [ 254 ] It occurs 1.4 times more frequently in males than females and typically appears earlier in men.
Often, the person will try to adapt and cope with the symptoms. Functioning becomes impaired when people reach their adaptive capacity. [9] In the period leading up to the first episode of schizophrenia, uncharacteristic basic symptoms first appear and are followed by the onset of more characteristic basic symptoms and, finally, psychosis. [9]
An analysis of Schreber's Memoirs in the context of Freud's analysis. "[P]sychosis is a special but emblematic case of language entrapment." Jacques Lacan: 'On a Question Prior to Any Possible Treatment of Psychosis', Écrits: The First Complete Edition in English, transl. by Bruce Fink, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006.
The result means that, of these, 21 will not be identified as having schizophrenia by use of FRS (43% of 48). Then, of the 52 people really without schizophrenia, 10 may be incorrectly diagnosed with schizophrenia by the FRS. Diagnosis of schizophrenia from other types of psychosis Sensitivity 58.0 (50.3, 65.3) Specificity 74.7 (85.2, 82.3)
Interpretation of schizophrenia is a 756-page book divided in 45 chapters. Arieti begins his book stating that it is difficult to define schizophrenia. He asks if schizophrenia is an illness and answers in the negative, since the disorder is not understood in classic Virchowian criterion of cellular pathology.
Lover, When You're Near Me, 1952 science fiction short story by Richard Matheson on a man being traumatically steered in his will by a woman of a dull extraterrestrial race who covets him sexually. Dear Diary, 1954 science fiction short story by Richard Matheson. Diary entries from the years AD 1964, AD 3964, and LXIV (=64) all show the same ...
At the time she was diagnosed with schizophrenia, although two psychiatrists who examined Greenberg's self-description in the book in 1981 concluded that she did not have schizophrenia, but had extreme depression and somatization disorder. [64] The narrative constantly puts difference between the protagonist's mental illness and her artistic ...