Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorder of the central nervous system that typically manifests during late adolescence or early adulthood It is clinically characterized by positive psychotic symptoms, including delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking or behavior, alongside negative symptoms such as affective flattening, avolition, and social withdrawal, as well as significant cognitive deficits Pathophysiologically, the condition involves polyg...

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorder of the central nervous system that typically manifests during late adolescence or early adulthood Pathophysiologically, the condition involves polygenic susceptibility and aberrant neurodevelopment, accompanied by functional dysregulation of central neurotransmitter systems—predominantly dopaminergic and glutamatergic pathways—and associated structural brain changes that collectively impair cognitive, emotional, and p...

It is clinically characterized by positive psychotic symptoms, including delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking or behavior, alongside negative symptoms such as affective flattening, avolition, and social withdrawal, as well as significant cognitive deficits

It is clinically characterized by positive psychotic symptoms, including delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking or behavior, alongside negative symptoms such as affective flattening, avolition, and social withdrawal, as well as significant cognitive deficits