Schizophrenia is bundle of 8 diseases not one

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This has been posted many times before. But I’m going to leave this thread open to let you continue your discussions.

Schizophrenia is eight different diseases, not one

New research shows that schizophrenia is not a single disease, but a group of eight distinct disorders, each caused by changes in clusters of genes that lead to different sets of symptoms. The finding sets the stage for scientists to develop better ways to diagnose and treat schizophrenia, a mental illness that can be devastating when not adequately managed, says C. Robert Cloninger, co-author of the study published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry. “We are really opening a new era of psychiatric diagnosis,” says Cloninger, professor of psychiatry and genetics at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Cloninger says he hopes his work will “allow for the devel…

Is schizophrenia one disease... or eight?

Rather than being a single condition, new research published in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests that schizophrenia may be a group of eight genetically different diseases - each with their own symptoms. woman with eight faces The scientists classified various profiles of schizophrenia symptoms into eight qualitative types of different diseases. Schizophrenia affects about 1% of the world’s population. Previous research has suggested that 80% of the risk for having schizophrenia is hereditary. Historically though, scientists have struggled to pinpoint which genes increase risk for schizophrenia. Despite this, in 2014, researchers from Cardiff University School of Medicine in th…

Poll: The Genetics of Schizophrenia and Abortion

Continuing the discussion from Schizophrenia is eight different diseases, not one: If scientists can develop tests to determine if an unborn child will develop schizophrenia, do you feel that a high chance for developing schizophrenia should be grounds for aborting that child? Yes, if the chance is high. No, no matter what the chance. I agree or disagree with the right to abort for other reasons.

Is Schizophrenia a text book diagnosis?

Yes very true…we all vary somewhat. Definitely not a textbook definition. This is a recent study