Addicted and Trapped
Just This Once Think back to those college days of little responsibility and too much fun. Some of us were so caught up with our desire to “fit in” and be “cool...
Category: Disease
Schizophrenia as a Neurodevelopmental Disorder?
IDEA Schizophrenia for a large portion of the world population is thought to be a very dangerous psychological condition that occurs when people “l...
Supporting the Supporters
Imagine this: someone close to you- a family member, friend, co-worker-has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia. What do you do? How do you continue to lo...
Understanding the Voices
What is the cause of schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a commonly known mental illness that is caused by improperly controlled signaling in the brain. There are m...
Expectation v. Reality: The Blurred Truth of Schizophrenia
On your walk home today, you witness two feathers floating to the ground. You can imagine the crispness of their hollow shaft and the softness of their feathers...
Born Schizophrenic: Forever Schizophrenic?
Born Schizophrenic Picture yourself at 6 1/2 years old, no responsibilities or cares in the world. Now, imagine for a moment that you spend almost every single...
A Glimpse Into Schizophrenia
Dear King Phillip Came Over For Good Soup. This is a common mnemonic for memorizing the order of taxonomy: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus,...
Let’s Consider the Questions
Did You Know… 43.8 million Americans experience mental illness each year. And of those, about half a million Americans suffer from Schizophrenia each year, whic...
Into the Brain of Schizophrenia
One day, I arrived at work and saw a patient pointing up into space talking about the lights that he could see dancing around and the voices he heard talking to...
The Beautiful Mind of Schizophrenia
A Beautiful Mind tells the story of a mathematician, John Nash, and his journey with schizophrenia. This movie gives a Hollywood look into the devastating effec...