Schizophrenia Overview
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder involving chronic psychosis. Psychosis can involve abnormal thinking & perceptions, hallucinations & delusions
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder involving chronic psychosis. Psychosis causes abnormal thinking and perceptions including hallucinations, delusions, disorganized behavior, and lack of motivation. It affects less than 1% of the population and symptoms usually develop quite slowly. In this video, Dr. Susan Samuels discusses the potential warning signs associated with schizophrenia.
Dr. Samuels is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
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Note: These are all the sources used for every video in this series, not every source listed was used in this specific video.