Science 2.0 - Is Schizophrenia A Real Illness?

[Hatty]

I am all for self-determination but it’s not to be confused with denial.

There are clear signs of a disease process in sz:

Cerebellar cortical volume reduction specific to schizophrenia

Reduced cerebellar cortical volume occurs only in patients with schizophrenia, rather than all those with psychosis, say researchers. Josselin Houenou (INSERM, Créteil, France) and co-workers found that cerebellar cortical volume on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was significantly reduced in 32 patients with schizophrenia, relative to 52 mentally healthy controls, at 47,616 versus 50,678 mm3 in the left hemisphere and 49,518 versus 52,471 mm3 in the right. By contrast, volumes among 115 patients with bipolar disorder were similar to those in the controls, at 51,614 and 53,136 mm3 for the left and right hemispheres, respectively. And volumes did not differ according to whether or not bipo…