The following articles are related to ‘Schizophrenia’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life.
Schizophrenia is actually a cluster of eight distinct genetically based abnormalities, according to recent research that offers new hope for understanding both how and why the disease may manifest itself and how it may one day be cured.
Many people don’t really understand the difference between psychosis and psychopathy. This article outlines the core features of each diagnosis, and highlights the essential differences between them.
There’s definitely a connection — but it’s not what you might be thinking. You’ll have to try out the latest additions to our psychological quizzes to be sure.
An article by an eminent philosopher promises to stir up controversy about introspection (metacognition) and understanding the mental states of others (mindreading), on the one hand, and autism and schizophrenia on the other.
A novel study tries to explain what appears to be the diametrically opposite nature of traits associated with autistic-spectrum disorders, on the one hand, and psychotic-spectrum disorders, on the other. With a particular focus on autism and on schizophrenia, the authors link social brain development and other phenotypic traits to evolutionary biology and genetics.
Headline writers are having a field day with the results of a meta-analysis to be published in The Lancet which found that cannabis users are 40% more likely than non-users to develop psychotic symptoms. Radio, print, and internet publications urge that more must be done to warn the public of the risks of cannabis use. But hold on, did the headline writers miss the lesson on correlation vs. causation in their Science for Journalists class?
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