Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness characterized by persistent defects in the perception or expression of reality. A person experie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizotypy: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizotypy - Development Of The Concept
The categorical view of psychosis is most associated with Emil Kraepelin, who created criteria for the medical diagnosis and classificati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - History
The word autism was first used in the English language by Swiss psychiatrist Eugene Bleuler in a 1912 number of the American Journal of I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - History
The word autism was first used in the English language by Swiss psychiatrist Eugene Bleuler in a 1912 number of the American Journal of I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness characterized by persistent defects in the perception or expression of reality. A person experie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia - Autism
Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication abilit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 30: Encyclopedia - April 30
April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaslav Nijinsky: Encyclopedia - Vaslav Nijinsky
Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (Вацлав Фомич Нижинский, |Polish language: Wacław Niżyński) (March 12, 1890 – April 8, 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Epidemiology
While the epidemiology of autism is largely unknown, there is no shortage of theories in the area. In part, the mystery of autism has bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Epidemiology
While the epidemiology of autism is largely unknown, there is no shortage of theories in the area. In part, the mystery of autism has bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizotypy: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizotypy - The Relationship Between Schizotypy And Mental Illness
Although aiming to reflect some of the features present in diagnosable mental illness, schizotypy does not necessarily imply that someone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Swiss People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Swiss People - Science
List of Swiss people - A-F. Firmin Abauzit, (1679-1767), scientist Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835-1910), American man of science Loui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaslav Nijinsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Vaslav Nijinsky - Movies
In 1970, Tony Richardson commenced work on a film of Nijinsky's life. The screenplay was written by Edward Albee, and Rudolph Nureyev (as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Diagnosis
Schizophrenia - Criteria signs and symptoms. Like many mental illnesses, the diagnosis of schizophrenia is based upon the behavior of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Therapies
There are many different therapies, but the effect they have varies dramatically from person to person. Remediation of the debilitating a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Epidemiology
While the epidemiology of autism is largely unknown, there is no shortage of theories in the area. In part, the mystery of autism has bee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Autism and Asperger's syndrome are just two of the five pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). The three other pervasive developmental...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Models
Similar to the causes and origins of autism and Asperger's syndrome, the model of what autism really is brings its own continuing conject...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Sociology
Due to the complexity of autism, there are many facets of sociology that need to be considered when discussing it, such as the culture po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Types Of Autism
Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally handicapped to those whose symptoms are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - History
The word autism was first used in the English language by Swiss psychiatrist Eugene Bleuler in a 1912 number of the American Journal of I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Characteristics
There is a great diversity in the skills and behaviors of individuals diagnosed as autistic, and physicians will often arrive at differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Dsm Definition
Autism is defined in section 299.00 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as: A total of six (or more) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Dsm Definition
Autism is defined in section 299.00 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as: A total of six (or more) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Characteristics
There is a great diversity in the skills and behaviors of individuals diagnosed as autistic, and physicians will often arrive at differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Causes
Schizophrenia - Genetic and environmental influences. While the reliability of the schizophrenia diagnosis introduces difficulties in m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Types Of Autism
Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally handicapped to those whose symptoms are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - History
Accounts that may relate to symptoms of schizophrenia date back as far as 2000 BC in the Book of Hearts, part of the ancient Ebers papyru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Overview
Schizophrenia is often described in terms of "positive" and "negative" symptoms. Positive symptoms include delusions, auditory hallucinat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Autism and Asperger's syndrome are just two of the five pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). The three other pervasive developmental...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Sociology
Due to the complexity of autism, there are many facets of sociology that need to be considered when discussing it, such as the culture wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Therapies
There are many different therapies, but the effect they have varies dramatically from person to person. Remediation of the debilitating a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Incidence And Prevalence
Schizophrenia is typically diagnosed in late adolescence or early adulthood. It is found approximately equally in men and women, though t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Models
Similar to the causes and origins of autism and Asperger's syndrome, the model of what autism really is brings its own continuing conject...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Schizophrenia And Drug Use
The relationship between schizophrenia and drug use is complex, meaning that a clear causal connection between drug use and schizophrenia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Types Of Autism
Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally handicapped to those whose symptoms are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Dsm Definition
Autism is defined in section 299.00 of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as: A total of six (or more) i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Characteristics
There is a great diversity in the skills and behaviors of individuals diagnosed as autistic, and physicians will often arrive at differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Alternative Approaches To Schizophrenia
An approach broadly known as the anti-psychiatry movement, notably most active in the 1960s, has opposed the orthodox medical view of sch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Models
Similar to the causes and origins of autism and Asperger's syndrome, the model of what autism really is brings its own continuing conject...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Schizophrenia And Violence
Schizophrenia - Violence perpetrated by people with schizophrenia. Although schizophrenia is sometimes associated with violence in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Prognosis
Prognosis for any particular individual affected by schizophrenia is particularly hard to judge as treatment and access to treatment is c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Autism and Asperger's syndrome are just two of the five pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs). The three other pervasive developmental...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Sociology
Due to the complexity of autism, there are many facets of sociology that need to be considered when discussing it, such as the culture po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autism: Encyclopedia Ii - Autism - Therapies
There are many different therapies, but the effect they have varies dramatically from person to person. Remediation of the debilitating a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Treatment
Schizophrenia - Medication and hospitalization. The first line treatment for schizophrenia is usually the use of antipsychotic medicati...   » Read the article