Schizophrenia
Does schizophrenia lead to hallucinations?
4.6 (30)
30 mins
Understand one of the mental disorders, schizophrenia, from its genetic foundations to its impact on sensory experiences. Also discover the historical treatments and modern understanding of this complex disorder, while examining interconnectedness between mental illness, creativity, and dreams.
Ep 1:
The Twin Clue Unlocked
A coffee cup feels wrong, a voice sounds alien—host Claire Matthews traces schizophrenia's origins from Bleuler's 1908 breakthrough to the twin studies that proved genetics, not bad mothering, holds the answer.
Ep 2:
When the Brain Stops Predicting
Explore how the brain's prediction machinery collapses in schizophrenia, a chilling autoimmune case that mimicked psychosis, and startling evidence that dreaming and psychosis share the same bizarre logic.
Discussions (18)
Billy
Level 5 · 9 mo agoDylan is lucky word salad
Carlos
Level 4 · 9 mo agoYou are way too focused on biology. Dismissing trauma and stress as primary triggers ignores decades of research proving environment shapes mental illness.
Sullivan
Level 6 · 9 mo agoFreud was obsessed with sex.
