schizophrenias
Severe psychiatric conditions
Schizophrenias is the plural of schizophrenia, a severe mental disorder marked by disrupted thinking, perception, and emotional response.
The plural acknowledges that the condition manifests in distinct subtypes or presentations: The various schizophrenias share core symptoms but differ in their dominant features.
Clinicians may speak of schizophrenias to emphasize this heterogeneity rather than treating it as a single uniform illness.
Unreasonably suspicious of others
- catatonicImmobile from mental withdrawal
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- undifferentiatedNot separated into types
- residualWhat remains afterward
simple · deficit · nondeficit · chronic · acute · prodromal · attenuated · spectrum
Medical condition determinations
- psychosesSevere mental disorders
- disordersAbnormal physical or mental conditions
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- hallucinationsPerceptions without external cause
delusions · paranoia · catatonia · episodes · relapses · hospitalizations · medications · antipsychotics
Reward-linked neural messenger
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
- ventriclesMuscular pumping chambers
- prefrontalBefore the frontal lobe
hippocampus · neurodegeneration · connectivity · biomarkers · genetics · heritability · synaptic · fMRI
Mark of dishonor
- misconceptionsIncorrect assumptions held true
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- portrayalsArtistic representations of subjects
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
institutionalization · deinstitutionalization · recovery · advocacy · caregivers · families · burden · housing
paranoid
Unreasonably suspicious of others
- catatonicImmobile from mental withdrawal
- disorganizedLacking systematic arrangement
- undifferentiatedNot separated into types
residual · simple · deficit · nondeficit · chronic · acute · prodromal · attenuated · spectrum · schizoaffective
diagnoses
Medical condition determinations
- psychosesSevere mental disorders
- disordersAbnormal physical or mental conditions
- symptomsIndicators of disease
hallucinations · delusions · paranoia · catatonia · episodes · relapses · hospitalizations · medications · antipsychotics · treatments
dopamine
Reward-linked neural messenger
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
- neurotransmittersChemical neural messengers
- ventriclesMuscular pumping chambers
prefrontal · hippocampus · neurodegeneration · connectivity · biomarkers · genetics · heritability · synaptic · fMRI
stigma
Mark of dishonor
- misconceptionsIncorrect assumptions held true
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- portrayalsArtistic representations of subjects
discrimination · institutionalization · deinstitutionalization · recovery · advocacy · caregivers · families · burden · housing · employment
schizophreniasmood disorders
Psychiatric conditions affecting emotions
depression · bipolar disorder · major depressive disorder · anxiety disorders · neuroses
schizophreniassanity
Mental soundness
lucidity · mental clarity · rationality · sound mind · groundedness
- paranoid schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- schizophrenia treatmentMedical care for psychotic disorder