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  2. Pimavanserin - Wikipedia

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    Pimavanserin was studied as a therapeutic agent in Phase III clinical trials for major depressive disorder and schizophrenia and Phase II trials for agitation. It was also under development for the treatment of insomnia , drug-induced akathisia , and drug-induced dyskinesia , but development for these indications was discontinued.

  3. Schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    Schizophrenia is a mental disorder [17] [7] characterized variously by hallucinations (typically, hearing voices), delusions, disorganized thinking and behavior, [10] and flat or inappropriate affect. [7] Symptoms develop gradually and typically begin during young adulthood and are never resolved.

  4. Epidemiology of schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    Schizophrenia is diagnosed 1.4 times more frequently in males than females, and typically appears earlier in men [7] —the peak ages of onset schizophrenia are 20–28 years for males and 26–32 years for females. [10] Early Onset schizophrenia in childhood, before the age of 13 can sometimes occur.

  5. Management of schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    The management of schizophrenia usually involves many aspects including psychological, pharmacological, social, educational, and employment-related interventions directed to recovery, and reducing the impact of schizophrenia on quality of life, social functioning, and longevity.

  6. Schizophreniform disorder - Wikipedia

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    Schizophreniform disorder is a type of mental illness that is characterized by psychosis and closely related to schizophrenia.Both schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), have the same symptoms and essential features except for two differences: the level of functional impairment and the duration of symptoms.

  7. Causes of schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    The causes of schizophrenia that underlie the development of schizophrenia, a psychiatric disorder, are complex and not clearly understood.A number of hypotheses including the dopamine hypothesis, and the glutamate hypothesis have been put forward in an attempt to explain the link between altered brain function and the symptoms and development of schizophrenia.

  8. Visual processing abnormalities in schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    Visual processing abnormalities in schizophrenia are commonly found, and contribute to poor social function. [ 1 ] There is evidence that schizophrenia affects perception of contrast and motion , control of eye movements , detection of visual contours, and recognition of faces or facial expressions .

  9. Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Wikipedia

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    The K-SADS (or Kiddie-SADS) is a version of the SADS adapted for school-aged children of 6–18 years. There are various different versions of the K-SADS, each varying slightly in terms of disorders and specific symptoms covered, as well as the scale range used.