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"Schizophrenia Linked to Genetic Mutation". ABC News. 24 October 2005.
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New Meta-Analysis: Cats and Schizophrenia

I would like to add cat ownership as a risk factor. See meta-analysis in Schizophrenia Bulletin: https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbad168. SigTif (talk) 15:53, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would support adding this, I was even thinking about doing the same. Bendegúz Ács (talk) 09:48, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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At the positive symptoms, change "(...) or inappropriate affect. typically regarded as manifestations of psychosis." to (...) or inappropriate affect, typically regarded as manifestations of psychosis." 86.104.16.229 (talk) 12:36, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. A. Randomdude0000 (talk) 12:45, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cannabis

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please change ((cannabis)) to ((Cannabis (drug)|cannabis)) 2601:540:C701:C010:58BB:3FB5:9D02:BCB3 (talk) 03:15, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Liu1126 (talk) 04:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Prognosis

Suggest changing the abbreviated sidebar to a more hopeful and nonjudgmental language :

Prognosis: Depends on the individual, medication response, and therapeutic support available. 2603:3015:361C:100:5813:62D9:6233:8E10 (talk) 16:48, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Violence

The new second paragraph under violence is unrelated to schizophrenia. It's about comorbid disorder and antisocial personality disorder NOT schizophrenia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skinmarquee (talk • contribs) 19:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Politically correct labels and schizophrenia: a rose by any other name? [1] Jonathandavidmoore (talk) 10:44, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 10:58, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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"However, this label did not result in greater behavioral intention to interact with persons with a psychiatric disorder. Furthermore, participants receiving this label identified fewer symptoms associated with DSM-IV criteria of schizophrenia and were more likely to attribute responsibility for the condition to the target person, relative to the other labels".

Politically Correct Labels and Schizophrenia: A Rose by Any Other Name? Jonathandavidmoore (talk) 12:34, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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"In March 2015 a group of academics, patients, and relatives published an opinion piece in a national newspaper in the Netherlands, proposing that we drop the “essentially contested”1 term “schizophrenia,” with its connotation of hopeless chronic brain disease, and replace it with something like “psychosis spectrum syndrome.”"

“Schizophrenia” does not exist Jonathandavidmoore (talk) 12:42, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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"Now, a new study Trusted Source conducted by three researchers from the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health in Parkville, Australia, finds genetic changes in a frontal brain area commonly linked with schizophrenia traits, supporting the theory that the condition may be an undesired side effect of the human brain’s evolution."

Schizophrenia: A byproduct of the brain's complex evolution? Jonathandavidmoore (talk) 12:54, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]