title: How does Schizophrenia occur and can delusions be protective to the person? A bird's eye view attempting to Integrate the Neurobiology and Psychology of Schizophrenia.
abstract: This short paper is an attempt to integrate what we know about the biological development of schizophrenia. It attempts to integrate Neurodevelomental, Dopamine, Glutamate, Salience and Psychological theories of the development of schizophrenia into a unitary whole, and thus to illustrate how these theories relate together. It is a summary of a much larger work, presently in preparation, done for the purposes of the present coference. It attempts to describe the biological development of schizophrenia, and thence the delusions and hallucinations which play a part in it symptomatically.
authors.affiliation: Murray Edwards College Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Conci
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agius
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000503:physiopathology; D065886:Neurodevelopmental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
chemical_list: D018698:Glutamic Acid; D004298:Dopamine