This is a presentation done on 4/6/11 for the Grand Rounds at Wayne State university by Pallav Pareek M.D.
This presentation talks about the concept of prdrome as it is(if?) applicable to schizophrenia, and if schizophrenia is becoming more of a preventable illness as science progresses. If so what are the various ways and means in which we can accomplish this prevention.
Amidst so much controversy on the issue , whether there is a prodrome for this illness or not, here I have tried to present the recent advances in this field and the recent scientific literature in this regard.
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Even if the illness can not be prevented altogether, early intervention will help the patient. The idea is to prevent the first psychotic breakdown and so to keep the patient well.
Last 15 years have seen a systematic, international collaborative movement of clinicians and researchers has sought to modify and apply the principles and practice of early diagnosis and staged treatment akin to other areas of medicine such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
Schizophrenia is a debilitating and
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The damage starts long before the patient comes to medical attention. So we want to shift the point far back to the point even before first psychotic episode. We want to Model is similar to the Framingham heart The Framingham Heart Study identified risk factors for coronary heart disease and developed an algorithm based on demographic variables
The Framingham Heart Study identified risk factors for coronary heart disease. Current criteria, based on demographic and clinical features, are not yet sensitive enough to reliably predict future psychosis, nor are we able to predict future schizophrenia versus other Axis I disorders
Yes, people with these severe mental illnesses can recover