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	Schizophrenia - Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
		Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterized by psychotic symptoms - thought disorder, hallucinations, delusions, paranoia - and impairment in job and social functioning.
		Schizophrenia is a particular form of psychosis, a term encompassing several severe mental disorders that result in the loss of contact with reality along with major personality derangements.
		They may believe that their thoughts are being controlled by others or are being broadcast over the public airways, or that outside thoughts are being implanted in their heads.
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	Formal thought disorder -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It describes a persistent underlying disturbance to conscious thought and is classified largely by its effects on ((language) communication by word of mouth) speech and (The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)) writing.
		Affected persons may show pressure of speech (speaking incessantly and quickly), derailment or flight of ideas (switching topic mid-sentence or inappropriately), thought blocking, rhyming, punning or ' (Jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schizophrenia) word salad' when individual words may be intact but speech is incoherent.
		(Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact) schizophrenia
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fo/formal_thought_disorder.htm (538 words)

	Schizophrenia Article, Schizophrenia Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is thought that schizophrenia mayresult from a mixture of genetic disposition (genetic studies using various techniques have shown relatives of people withschizophrenia are more likely to show signs of schizophrenia themselves) and environmental stress (research suggests thatstressful life events may precede a schizophrenic episode).
		This considers thought disorderand related disorganised behaviour to be in a seperate symptom cluster from delusions and hallucinations.
		Of particular concern is that the decision as to whether a symptom is present is a subjective decision by the person makingthe diagnosis or relies on an incoherent definition (for example, see the entries on delusions and thought disorder for a discussion ofthis issue).
	www.anoca.org /symptoms/psychiatry/schizophrenia.html (5018 words)

	Encyclopedia: Formal thought disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Psychosis is a generic psychiatric term for mental states in which the components of rational thought and perception are severely impaired.
		The Scream, the famous painting commonly thought of as depicting the experience of mental illness.
		Stilted speech - Speech excessively stilted and formal.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Formal-thought-disorder (784 words)

	ipedia.com: Schizophrenia Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is thought that schizophrenia may result from a mixture of genetic disposition (genetic studies using various techniques have shown relatives of people with schizophrenia are more likely to show signs of schizophrenia themselves) and environmental stress (research suggests that stressful life events may precede a schizophrenic episode).
		It is also thought that processes in early neurodevelopment are important, particularly those that occur during pregnancy.
		Of particular concern is that the decision as to whether a symptom is present is a subjective decision by the person making the diagnosis or relies on an incoherent definition (for example, see the entries on delusions and thought disorder for a discussion of this issue).
	www.ipedia.com /schizophrenia.html (5034 words)

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		Schizophrenia is the most common and the most potentially sever and disabling of the psychosis, a term encompassing several severe mental disorders that result in the loss of contact with reality along with major personality derangements.
		He is best known today for his introduction of the term "schizophrenia" to describe the disorder previously known as dementia praecox and for his studies of schizophrenics.
		They may believe that their thoughts are being controlled by others or that everyone knows what they are thinking.
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		schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a serious, chronic mental disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality and disturbances of thought, mood, and perception.
		The word "schizophrenia" comes from the Greek schizo, meaning split and phrenia refers to the diaphragm once thought to be the location of a person's mind and soul.
		Dopamine is the primary neurotransmitter that appears to be involved in this disorder, and most medications used to treat schizophrenia target this neurotransmitter and its receptors in the brain.
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