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What is Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness where patients have aberrant perceptions of reality. Hallucinations, delusions, and very abnormal thought and behaviour are all possible symptoms of schizophrenia, which can make it difficult to carry out daily tasks and be devastating.
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A Review of EEG-Based Computer-Aided Detection of Brain Disorders Using a Different Strategy
Saranya Shanmugam (Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India) and Menaka Radhakrishnan (Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-1634-4.ch017
Abstract
The human brain plays a significant role in controlling the behavior of the human body with respect to sensory stimuli, external/internal motor stimuli, and so on. EEG signals are informative signals that contain knowledge about the condition of the brain. They are nonstationary and nonlinear in nature and so, it is hard to detect the subtle yet significant changes in the signals using just the human eye. This gives engineers the opportunity to apply numerous algorithms for the detection of such subtle yet significant changes in EEG signals. Various algorithms have been developed and are being used to extract the important features from EEG signals. It has been established through research that the nonlinear features of EEG mostly comprise the abrupt transitions and its chaotic and random behavior. In this chapter, the effect of EEG signals on diagnosing 6 brain disorders, namely, epilepsy, autism, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and ischemic brain stroke, is discussed in detail.
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A mental disorder most often characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, abnormal motor behavior, and/or negative symptoms.
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The Use of an Online Escape Room in Psychodiagnostics: An Exploratory Project With Postgraduate Psychology Students
A severe mental disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thoughts and behaviors, causing severe disturbance to the person’s everyday life and functioning.
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Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. People with schizophrenia may seem like they have lost touch with reality. Although schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders, the symptoms can be very disabling.
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Biochemistry of the Brain
Is a mental disorder characterized by fundamental and characteristic distortions of thinking and perception and affects that are inappropriate or blunted.
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