Dr. Emily Owens on prodromal psychosis, risk factors for psychotic disorders, and treatment

On today’s episode, Dr. Emily Owens talks on prodromal psychosis, risk factors for developing a psychotic disorder, and related treatment.

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[alanastephens]

An interesting thought that came up while watching this video was the concept of synaptic pruning. Specifically that if schizophrenia could possibly be caused by over pruning, then how can someone be diagnosed with both schizophrenia and autism (as autism has been suspected to be caused from a lack of pruning)?

[cory]

The example used for early warning sign was messages, but could it be something like impossible paranoia scenarios? Like your brain keeps telling you theres a chance some impossible thing is happening but logically you know it doesnt have solid ground. More confusing is that there are some things that seem unlikely but have some sort of probable grounding, but others that are either impossible or near impossible with known science. But like it lingers in your mind anyways, like the dot connects but you dismiss it. But it keeps connecting whether you want it to or not.

[gergs]

Great talk, thanks for the well structured podcast 😊

[BeaVizcarra]

I have found that the more I listen to this type of information the worse my illness gets. Now I go deliberately telling my brain to focus on the risk factors instead of my well-being. So no thank you

[andrewphillips-hird]

Re: ethnicity: from what I've been reading, many (most?) people with schizophrenia essentially feel cast out from society (hence social withdrawal) or at least that they are at the bottom of the social order (hence social anxiety). It therefore makes sense that people who experience racism would be more likely to have this kind of experience. I'm pretty sure that statistically, anyone who is of an ethnic minority is at elevated risk, including when compared to people in their "homeland"

[waynemclawrence]

very informative, Dr Emily is their a way that some one can reach you, is their an email address or phone number.