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“If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to...”
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Schizophrenia medications
Anti-psychotic medications are proven effective in treating psychosis reducing the risk of psychotic episodes. Anti psychotic medications are the cornerstone in the management of schizophrenia. They have been available since the mid-1950s, and although anti psychotics don’t cure the illness, they greatly reduce the symptoms and allow the patient to function better. The first anti psychotic...
The symptoms of Schizophrenia are...
Not able to experience pleasure.
Lack of emotion, little facial expression, poor eye contact, or slowed speech.
Lack of motivation to finish tasks. Job/school issues are very common.
Problems focusing or paying attention, confusion, and fragmented thoughts.
Self-neglect such as poor hygiene, wearing dirty clothes, not showering in awhile, or neglecting living area until it becomes untidy or...
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
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Teen tries to quiet the voices cause by...
The intrusive voices popped into William “Bill” Garrett’s head. “They’re coming for you,” the voices told the 18-year-old. “Find somewhere to hide; they’re going to get you.”
They told the Johns Hopkins University freshman that his father had poisoned the family dog, his sister had injected crystal methamphetamine into his pet lizard and his...
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