[hillbunnyb]

OOOW Drs were working doing brain probes on an epileptic woman and she started having schizzy symptoms. The shadow people and paranoia and other yuks came right up in her on the operating table. WOW

Holy Hannah!

[Fuzzybear]

[jennie]

Article:

Arzy, S., Seeck, M., Ortigue, S., Spinelli, L., & Blanke, O. (2006). Induction of an illusory shadow person. Nature 443. Retrieved September 23, 2006, from http://www.nature.com/nature/journal...s/443287a.html

Abstract:

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Stimulation of a site on the brain's left hemisphere prompts the creepy feeling that somebody is close by.


The strange sensation that somebody is nearby when no one is actually present has been described by psychiatric and neurological patients, as well as by healthy subjects, but it is not understood how the illusion is triggered by the brain. Here we describe the repeated induction of this sensation in a patient who was undergoing presurgical evaluation for epilepsy treatment, as a result of focal electrical stimulation of the left temporoparietal junction: the illusory person closely 'shadowed' changes in the patient's body position and posture. These perceptions may have been due to a disturbance in the multisensory processing of body and self at the temporoparietal junction.

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See attachment for supplementary article.

[jennie]

Nature News article is interesting, too.

http://www.nature.com/news/2006/0609.../060918-4.html

That is so eye-opening and amazing but also kinda scary.

[Dezdemona]

Schizzy!? Is that an appropriate term? Don't worry, I'm not offended, I'm just concerned that some people reading this might not appreciate that description...Just a thot.



Unless, the one who posted that word is Schizophrenic themselves, then I shall put my foot in my mouth for saying anything...

[jennie]

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Dezdemona said:
Unless, the one who posted that word is Schizophrenic themselves, then I shall put my foot in my mouth for saying anything...

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Interesting you choose to use the word "Schizophrenic."

Some perferred to be labeled as "a person diagnosed with schizophrenia."

Some perferred to be not be labeled at all.

Also there's a spectrum of schizophrenia disorders. Schizzy is slang for schizophrenia and similar disorders' symptoms such as schizotypal personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, delusional disorder, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder.

I'm a novice at this stuff. I'm not saying which term(s) are more appropriate terms. I do think it is good to learn as much as we can about diagnoses labels and how it relates to the stigma of mental illness.

I keep learning from threads like this one and refer to literature like the one quoted below. Good thread, thanks for reading.



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When mental illnesses are used as labels--depressed, schizophrenic, manic, or hyperactive--these labels hurt.

Labels lead to stigma -- a word that means branding and shame. And stigma leads to discrimination. Everyone knows why it is wrong to discriminate against people because of their race, religion, culture, or appearance. They are less aware of how people with mental illnesses are discriminated against. Although such discrimination may not always be obvious, it exists and it hurts.

Words Can Be Poison

Words Can Heal

Think about the person -- the contents behind the label. Avoid labeling people by their diagnosis. Instead of saying, "She's a schizophrenic," say, "She has a mental illness." Never use the term "mentally ill." (source)

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[DocJohn]

Just to clarify.... inducing symptoms that look like a mental disorder doesn't mean there's some sort of direct relationship between the physical brain manipulation and the disorder itself.

You can cause yourself a headache fairly reliably by allowing yourself to become dehydrated. But dehydration sets a chain reaction of events into motion which is more likely to cause the headache. Still, there are dozens of other causes of headaches, dehydration being just one.

So while I hope this does lead to a greater understanding of schizophrenia and other mental disorders, I think first appearances can often be deceiving or lead us to hope that this will lead to a quick cure.

DocJohn

[hillbunnyb]

bunnies humbly beg the pardon of anybody offended by the term schizzy. I, having just about every diagnoses but schizophrenia, call evything by nicknames to sorta tame them, make them less scarey to think about.

I just wanted to alert everybody to what was discovered as in my understanding, schizophrenia has been heartbreakingly hard to treat and this made me feel hopeful.

No disrespect to anybody.

[Sarah116]

Hey that is wrong schizzy and schizophrenic, who knows it might not be a disorder and the location is unknown. There are ideas but no cure yet. As misrable as it may be it is also wonderful. Like now they think Depression and Autism are medical disorders.