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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.[1]

  1. ^ van Os J, Kapur S (August 2009). "Schizophrenia". Lancet. 374 (9690): 635–45. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60995-8. PMID 19700006. S2CID 208792724.

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Epidemiology of schizophrenia

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neighborhood level. It causes approximately 1% of worldwide disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The rate of schizophrenia varies up to threefold depending...

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Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia

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Glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia

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NMDA receptors. While thought to be more proximal to the root causes of schizophrenia, it does not negate the dopamine hypothesis, and the two may be...

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Childhood schizophrenia

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Theodore Lidz

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Schizoaffective disorder

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symptoms of both schizophrenia (usually psychosis) and a mood disorder: either bipolar disorder or depression. The main criterion is the presence of psychotic...

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Catatonia

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onset of catatonia can be acute or subtle and symptoms can wax, wane, or change during episodes. It has historically been related to schizophrenia (catatonic...

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Robert Galbraith Heath

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the Causes of Schizophrenia". The New York Times. p. B 7. Retrieved November 2, 2020. Heath, R.G. (1961). "Reappraisal of biological aspects of psychiatry"...

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Psychosis

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psychiatric phenomena, psychosis has several different causes. These include mental illness, such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder...

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History of schizophrenia

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The word schizophrenia was coined by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1908, and was intended to describe the separation of function between personality...

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Disorganized schizophrenia

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Disorganized schizophrenia, or hebephrenia, was a subtype of schizophrenia prior to 2013. Subtypes of schizophrenia were no longer recognized as separate...

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Anhedonia

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non-psychotic causes of auditory hallucinations is still ongoing. In people with psychosis, the premier cause of auditory hallucinations is schizophrenia, and...

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Hippocampus

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abnormalities in this process. The causes of schizophrenia are not well understood, but numerous abnormalities of brain structure have been reported....

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Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders

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Epigenetics of schizophrenia

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Psychiatric Research Center which is renowned for its research into the causes of schizophrenia. Founded in 1797, Spring Grove is the nation's second-oldest psychiatric...

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Hallucination

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common in schizophrenia. They may be benevolent (telling the subject good things about themselves) or malicious, cursing the subject. 55% of auditory hallucinations...

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Alogia

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vocal inflection. Additionally, reduced affect can be symptomatic of autism, schizophrenia, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, depersonalization...

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