SCHIZOPHRENIA
What is schizophrenia ?
Symptoms
Causes
Why is it an issue ?
New discovery
WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA ?
- Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that effects the way one thinks
- It effects 1% of people worldwide
SYMPTOMS
- NEGATIVE SYMTOMS
- POSITIVE SYMPTOMS
CAUSES
- Psychological explanation
- Biological explanation
psychological explanation
- Faulty thoughts
hallucination
- difficulties in focusing or filtering out irrelevant informations
- family issue / learning environment
- childhood problems
BIOlOGICAL
- Genetics
- Family studies
- Twin studies
TREATMENT
Therapies
Drugs - only psychotics
Treats only few symptoms
NEW DISCOVERY
GENETICS
Faster synapse elimination
108 GENES
GENES IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM