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...body, psychologists and neurologists now agree, aren't that different. The brain is just another organ, albeit more intricate than the rest. The thoughts and emotions that seem to color our reality are the result of complex electrochemical interactions within and between nerve cells. The disembodied voices of schizophrenia and the feelings of worthlessness and self-hatred that accompany depression, although they seem to be based on reality, are no more than distortions in brain electrochemistry. Researchers are learning how these distortions arise, how to lessen their severity and, in some cases, how to correct them...
...similar than fraternal twins (who share half their genes). And biological siblings (who also share half their genes) are more similar, of course, than adopted siblings (who share none of their genes). Not only are personality and intelligence partly heritable, but so is susceptibility to psychological maladies such as schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and major depression...
...actually called the odd cluster--includes the paranoid, schizotypal and schizoid personalities. Paranoid sounds like just what it is. Schizotypals and schizoids both have problems forming relationships and interpreting social cues; schizotypals may also suffer delusions. "Schizoids are lone wolves," says Clemens. "Schizotypals skate along the edge of real schizophrenia...
Divided in two by transparent curtains, the Loeb Experimental Theater’s stage conveys the terrifying schizophrenia of Tennessee Williams’ most twisted play-within-a-play...
...said that his mental illness was originally misdiagnosed as paranoid schizophrenia, but was really a combination of bipolar disorder with elements of schizophrenia...