Schizophrenia

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What is schizophrenia?
A severe mental illness where contact and with reality and insight are impaired, an example of psychosis.
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What are positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Atypical symptoms experienced in addition to normal experiences. They include hallucinations and delusions.
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What are negative symptoms of schizophrenia?
Atypical experiences that represent the loss of a usual experience such as clear thinking or 'normal' levels of motivation.
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What is Dopamine?
A neurotransmitter that generally has an excitatory effect and is associated with schizophrenia and unusually low levels are associated with Parkinson's disease.
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Family dysfunction
Abnormal processes within a family such as poor family communication, cold parenting and high levels of expressed emotion. These may be risk factors for both the development and maintenance for schizophrenia.
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What are antipsychotics?
Drugs used to reduce the intensity of symptoms, in particular the positive symptoms, of psychotic conditions like schizophrenia.
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What are typical antipsychotics?
The first generation of antipsychotic drugs, having been used since the 1950s. They work as dopamine antagonists and include Chlorpromazine.
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What are atypical antipsychotics?
Drugs for schizophrenia (a psychotic disorder) developed after typical anti psychotics. They typically target a range of neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin. Examples include Clozapine and Risperidone.
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