Schizophrenia is a complex brain and neurodevelopmental disorders associating with a wide range of clinical, cognitive and emotional manifestations. Although the clinical of schizophrenia is mainly leaned on the presence of psychotic symptoms known as positive symptoms (such as delusion and hallucination), the ultimate functional outcome or prognosis is mainly determined by negative symptoms (s...
Schizotypy, defined as the personality organization underlying schizophrenia and other related mental disorders, is a critical construct for a broad range of scientific disciplines. Because schizotypy can be psychometrically identified in the general population, investigating schizotypy may provide a unique opportunity to better understand the underlying psychopathological process of psychosis ...
Depression is a serious mental health problem today and the pathological mechanism of depression is complicated. There are multiple hypotheses about the etiology of depression.
One hypothesis is referred to as “cytokine or inflammatory hypothesis of depression”, which proposes that the actions of inflammatory processes, pro-inflammatory cytokines in particular, on the brain may account for...
