schizophrenia

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I don't mean that it necessarily will give you schizophrenia, which is a serious brain disorder with a genetic component.

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  1. noun Any of a group of psychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances. Schizophrenia is associated with dopamine imbalances in the brain and may have an underlying genetic cause.
  2. noun A situation or condition that results from the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic qualities, identities, or activities: the national schizophrenia that results from carrying out an unpopular war.

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  • The fundamental idea that psychotic states seen in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia might be attributable, in part, to abnormalities in serotonergic systems began with the almost simultaneous discovery of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), psilocybin and serotonin. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The word schizophrenia was introduced in 1908 by psychologist Eugen Bleuler in his work —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, that is, schizophrenia may be due to a dopaminergic dysregulation, is based on several lines of evidence. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • If treatment for his schizophrenia is deemed successful during an annual mental health review, however, Mr. Li could eventually be released, a prospect that galls Mr. McLean's family. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Of course this schizophrenia isn't peculiar to Trevor Phillips - it is common throughout the whole liberal establishment. —  The British National Party
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