{"id":293,"date":"2015-04-08T12:56:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T12:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alamaya.net?page_id=293"},"modified":"2025-06-23T14:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:06:37","slug":"schizophrenia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/en\/schizophrenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Schizophrenia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-lwwot-958258d58743b095e110c5c83a251a10 avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 31.620553359684%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-lwwot-958258d58743b095e110c5c83a251a10__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-406 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-406\"  src='https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/83.jpg' width='759' height='240' title='83' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-293'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-aocn9-e1c42134956dabcbcf2e427fafab3c50\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-aocn9-e1c42134956dabcbcf2e427fafab3c50{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-aocn9-e1c42134956dabcbcf2e427fafab3c50 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-aocn9-e1c42134956dabcbcf2e427fafab3c50 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-aocn9-e1c42134956dabcbcf2e427fafab3c50 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Schizophrenia<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jj5rrg0f-0c3c678ba94c163f9311dfd1a7fa216e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Pathology<\/h2>\n<p>Schizophrenia is a disease that affects people in every aspect of life. Patients suffer from reduced capacities to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>have harmonious relations with their families and society at large<\/li>\n<li>express their ideas clearly<\/li>\n<li>experience and exchange emotions<\/li>\n<li>carry out an autonomous professional activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Symptoms_SZ.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1898 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Symptoms_SZ.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Symptoms_SZ.png 480w, https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Symptoms_SZ-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Symptoms_SZ-450x338.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/a>Their suffering is often worsened by feelings of torment and persecution;\u00a0some patients hear voices and believe they are insulted or threatened by an evil power.<br \/>\nSymptoms related to schizophrenia are generally divided into so-called <strong>&#8220;positive&#8221; symptoms<\/strong>(hallucinations, confusion, incoherent behaviour)\u00a0and &#8220;<strong>negative&#8221; symptoms<\/strong>\u00a0(deficiencies on the level of language,\u00a0communication, emotions). Patients are also affected by <strong>cognitive dysfunctions<\/strong>(memory, abstraction, attention, planning) and <strong>disorders <\/strong>on the level of<strong> perception <\/strong>and <strong>self-consciousness<\/strong>. The appearance of these various symptoms and dysfunctions differs depending on the patients.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak of the disease is due to <strong>combined factors, both genetic and linked to the environment<\/strong>, which\u00a0lead to\u00a0subtle abnormalities in the brain. Schizophrenia probably develops unnoticed from birth onwards, becomes generally\u00a0apparent between 18 and 25 years of age, and\u00a0often handicaps\u00a0patients for the rest of their lives.<br \/>\nTo this day, <strong>no curative or preventive treatment<\/strong> has been developed; available <strong>medication<\/strong> has an effect on positive symptoms\u00a0but does not improve negative symptoms, nor cognitive or basic (perceptive disorders) symptoms, which represents a major obstacle to social and professional rehabilitation. Furthermore,\u00a0existing medication often causes disturbing <strong>side effects<\/strong> and does not guarantee a normal life.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequency<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YLDs_E.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1900 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YLDs_E.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YLDs_E.png 956w, https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YLDs_E-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YLDs_E-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YLDs_E-260x185.png 260w, https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YLDs_E-705x498.png 705w, https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/YLDs_E-450x318.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Schizophrenia is a very frequent disease as it affects\u00a0<strong>1 out of 100 persons in the world<\/strong>, regardless of cultures, countries or social levels. For <strong>Switzerland<\/strong>, this corresponds to\u00a0approximately <strong>90&#8217;000 people<\/strong>. Furthermore, in terms of Years Lived with Disabilities (YLD), <strong>psychiatric disorders in young adults represent approximately 50% of all pathologies <\/strong>(figures published by the WHO, in red in the opposite graph).<\/p>\n<h2>Costs<\/h2>\n<p>Schizophrenia not only forces great <strong>suffering <\/strong>on patients and their families but is also detrimental for society. Indeed, <strong>costs<\/strong> related to the disease\u00a0(long term treatments, hospitalizations, socioprofessional rehabilitation, disability allowances, etc.) amount to approximately <strong>CHF 4 billion per year in Switzerland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Facts and figures mentioned above\u00a0highlight the issues at stake in the field of research: gain a <strong>better understanding<\/strong> of schizophrenia in order to be able to <strong>improve treatment<\/strong>, and ultimatly <strong>prevent <\/strong>its outbreak, are objectives that are aimed at patients in the first place but also benefit their families, who are often deeply affected by the consequences of the disease, as well as\u00a0society at large.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2871,"href":"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions\/2871\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alamaya.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}