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Schizophrenia

Vol. 508 No. 7494_supp ppS1-S48

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  • About one in every one hundred people must endure the psychosis, disorientation, and social withdrawal that define schizophrenia. While there is still no effective treatment in development, scientists are learning more about the genetic and biochemical basis of this severe disorder. It is hoped that this new knowledge will one day result in new treatments that will let people living with schizophrenia lead more normal lives.

    Cover Art: Sue Morgan

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  • What’s in my head?

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    When she's experiencing hallucinations, artist Sue Morgan feels compelled to draw; to 'get it out of her head'. Sue was diagnosed with schizophrenia about 20 years ago. The drawing is therapeutic, but it’s also Sue’s way of expressing the complex and sometimes frightening secret world in her head. In this film Sue meets Sukhi Shergill, a clinician and researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. He’s also making pictures, using MRI scanners to peer inside the brains of schizophrenia patients.

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Produced with support from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc.

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