Getting It Together: Biomedical Therapies
schizophrenia. The first antipsychotic drug Thorazine, discovered accidentally, caused side effects, but newer medications appear to be successful in dealing with
Subject: schizophrenia
Transcript: such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. [walker:] prior to the '50s, The typical treatment was institutionalization And confinement. And in the
Going to Extremes: Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a disorder in which people lose touch with reality. It commonly strikes in late adolescence after an apparently normal childhood
Subject: schizophrenia
Transcript: [narrator:] among psychological disorders, the cluster of psychoses called "schizophrenia" can be devastating and long lasting. [otto:] schizophrenia
Going to Extremes: Prenatal Factors and Schizophrenia
Maternal viral infections and stress during pregnancy appear to increase the likelihood of risk for schizophrenia. Stressors that occur after birth
Subject: schizophrenia
Transcript: [narrator:] in looking for links to schizophrenia, researchers are beginning to zero Min on the prenatal environment. [walker:] they include things
Going to Extremes: Researching the Causes of Schizophrenia
The sources for complex psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia involve looking for contributions from many different gene variants. These gene
Subject: schizophrenia
Transcript: [narrator:] of the psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia is one of the most heavily researched. [barondes:] looking for the sources For complex
Helping Those In Need
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison explains that getting someone with a psychiatric disorder into treatment is very hard, and keeping them there can be even harder. A related challenge, Dr. Jamison notes, is convincing patients ...
Subject: schizophrenia
Transcript: schizophrenia, about bipolar illness. Learn as much as you can. One effect of that is that you don't take it so personally. There's something about depression and
Going to Extremes: Support for Families of the Mentally Ill
More than anything, families with loved ones who are mentally ill need information and support. Too often psychological disorders are still considered a source of shame. The public at large as well as family members need to know that these are commo...
Subject: schizophrenia
Transcript: [narrator:] the fact that a loved one suffers from a major mood disorder or schizophrenia can be difficult for family members. [walker:] the thing
Social and Interpersonal Implications of Psychiatric Illnesses
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison talks about how difficult it is to confide in friends or someone you're going out with that you have a serious psychiatric disorder for which you're being treated. Dr Jamison also urges schools...
Subject: schizophrenia
Transcript: because people Realize it's really a common illness and are not that Unlikely to have depression. It's harder, i think, With schizophrenia and bipolar
Psychiatric Medications
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison talks about the high levels of Lithium she took early in her treatment. Dr. Jamison explains this was done to "get my mania in line," but also because it was the standard of medical care at the...
Subject: schizophrenia
Transcript: across medicine. If you have cancer, as my late husband used to say About medications, he was a psychiatrist that Treated schizophrenia. And he was the