What is Schizophrenia? - It's More Than Hallucinations

Schizophrenia is the most serious disorder we have in psychiatry. It is much more than hallucinations. It’s an illness where the person’s main problem is being psychotic. With psychosis, you are not able to tell what’s real and what’s not real. There are five main areas of symptoms in schizophrenia: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, disorganized behavior and negative symptoms. You need two of the five present at the same time and occurring for at least a month. I explain how these symptoms usually manifest and some other associated features like poor insight and cognitive impairment.

Video explaining psychosis
https://youtu.be/3bg5TL7AwgU

Reference
This article discusses the link between advance paternal age and schizophrenia. I thought this article would be about 60-year-old men having babies, but it refers to men over 30! Don’t let this keep you from your life planning. 😊

Miller B , Messias E , Miettunen J , et al: Meta-analysis of paternal age and schizophrenia risk in male versus female offspring. Schizophr Bull 37(5):1039–1047, 2011

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