What is a prodrome?
Prodrome is a medical term for early signs or symptoms of an illness or health problem that appear before the major signs or symptoms start.
What are positive and negative symptoms?
Positive and negative symptoms are medical terms for two groups of symptoms in schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is part of a group of mental illnesses called psychotic disorders. People experience psychosis, a “loss of reality,” and other symptoms. Schizophrenia can be a frightening experience on its own, but many people learn how to manage schizophrenia with the right tools and supports.
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What’s the difference between psychosis and schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that causes psychosis, but schizophrenia also has other symptoms. And it isn't the only cause of psychosis. In some cases, other mental illnesses cause psychosis, including depression, bipolar disorder, dementia and borderline personality disorder.
Treatments: What Works?
It seems like everyone has an opinion when it comes to treatments for mental health or substance use problems. To add to the confusion, it isn’t always obvious who is basing their opinions on real evidence and who is not. And while we often hear people talk about evidence-based treatments, it’s also clear that complementary and alternative medicine approaches are helpful for some.
Help for Treatment Resistant Psychosis
Clozapine is a medication that can be very effective for people whose schizophrenia has not responded well to other medications. It is used to treat symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions.
Schizophrenia
Learn about schizophrenia. Schizophrenia affects the way you understand or experience the world around you, and affects the way you think or interact with others. It can be scary or frightening, but schizophrenia is treatable.
