The quote below is quoting othermag.org quoting _Science Daily_ reporting on research by U of Manchester's researchers Hammersly and Read.
" With a proven (sic) connection between the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia, they say, many schizophrenic symptoms are actually caused by trauma."
Um, not really. Close. Kinda, sorta. I'd be impressed if these were undergrads, it would show they were paying attention to symptomology.
Flashbacks are not hallucinations, or at least, are not normal hallucinations, and thus not the kind of abnormality that is diagnostic of schizophrenia.
Post Traumatic 'flashbacks' have certain patterns and characteristics not generally found in schizophrenic hallucinations and they, as well as the dissociative 'voices' perceived by some trauma sufferers do not respond in the same way to the drug treatments that (hopefully) quiet the symptoms of schizophrenic patients.
There is a LOT more I could go into, but as you said, there is also a limit on comment length. I'll content myself with a few additional statements.
Diagnosis by drug trial isn't much fun for the patient, but it does result in excellent aggregate data. PTSD originating from family of origin sexual abuse and Schizophrenia are two different problems. There is unfortunately, no reason that I know of why one person can't have both of them.
And finally - Yeah DUH there is a lot of child abuse going on. Yeah DUH no one wants to deal. But it is there. It is here. All around us. Everyday.
Re: A MAJOR soapbox for me.........
The quote below is quoting othermag.org quoting _Science Daily_ reporting on research by U of Manchester's researchers Hammersly and Read.
" With a proven (sic) connection between the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia, they say, many schizophrenic symptoms are actually caused by trauma."
Um, not really. Close. Kinda, sorta. I'd be impressed if these were undergrads, it would show they were paying attention to symptomology.
Flashbacks are not hallucinations, or at least, are not normal hallucinations, and thus not the kind of abnormality that is diagnostic of schizophrenia.
Post Traumatic 'flashbacks' have certain patterns and characteristics not generally found in schizophrenic hallucinations and they, as well as the dissociative 'voices' perceived by some trauma sufferers do not respond in the same way to the drug treatments that (hopefully) quiet the symptoms of schizophrenic patients.
There is a LOT more I could go into, but as you said, there is also a limit on comment length. I'll content myself with a few additional statements.
Diagnosis by drug trial isn't much fun for the patient, but it does result in excellent aggregate data. PTSD originating from family of origin sexual abuse and Schizophrenia are two different problems. There is unfortunately, no reason that I know of why one person can't have both of them.
And finally - Yeah DUH there is a lot of child abuse going on. Yeah DUH no one wants to deal. But it is there. It is here. All around us. Everyday.