24. Schizophrenia

Mom, I made it into Stanford!!!!

23:40 is where the lecture on Schizophrenia actually starts. Everything before that is a continuation on the previous lecture concerning languages. The language discussion was interesting, though.

my girlfriend has Schizophrenia. she is the kindest most caring loving person I've ever met and I feel blessed everyday that she is in my life. I wouldn't change her for anything.

0:00 Announcements 1:35 Language Lecture wrap-up 23:38 Schizophrenia Introduction 25:38 Sub-types 26:26 Symptoms 42:35 Facts and Misconceptions 50:24 Maasai Lady 59:08 Neurochemistry 1:11:09 Brain structure 1:17:08 Genetics 1:24:36 Early Experience 1:37:03 Conclusion

We are amazingly lucky to have hour long videos of ACTUAL university lectures. We are learning for free. We should take advantage of this and be very grateful 🙌🏻

"Language is how we outsmart plants." Ouch. I felt that right in my tomatoes.

"Schizophrenics are far less dangerous than are normal individuals in society. The rates of violence are extremely low." This specific feature should be learned by everyone to end one of the most common and unfair stigmas schizophrenics have to deal with on top of their own chaos. By the way, one of the most enjoyable and educational explanations of this terrible desease I have ever heard. Kudos to this professor.

This is one of those rare teachers that get in the zone and just spits their knowledge in a very digestible fashion.

Nobody ever tells you how much better your teachers will be if you can get into a prestigious school. I feel like it would have motivated me to get better grades in high school.

I had a family friend with schizophrenia take his life a while ago. He was one of the most soft spoken intelligent person I’ve ever met and he changed my entire perspective on people with this condition. It makes me upset when people make fun of people who go through this. Rest in peace Kyle.

"A disease of no hidden blessings whatsoever." As someone who has a schizoaffective person who is dear to me, that line hurt. :`(

My little brother killed himself 40 years ago after suffering from and being diagnosed with schizophrenia. After 40 years of reading everything I could get my hands on to try and understand it and get past the misconceptions, this is the most coherent explanation I've ever heard and is spot on in my experience.

A big THANK YOU to the professor for allowing his lectures to be uploaded.

My mother is schizophrenic. You wouldn’t believe how many times my mother has been ostracized from family gatherings because someone in our extended family watched a movie that portrayed a schizophrenic individual as a demon possessed monster who would kill at any given time. Which is just so incredibly frustrating. They see a movie or show that portrays the schizophrenic as a loose cannon that could fly into a homicidal rage, and they suddenly remember “omg my aunt is schizophrenic, that’s what she’s going to do one day!”. It’s just wrong. My mother is very lucky because she has been on her medication for years without any episodes of chaos or mental trauma that were considered “bad”. She sometimes has trouble with listening to the radio or watching certain shows or movies, so she lives with me and we do a lot of gardening together and things that keep her busy and bring her happiness. My mother is a physically gorgeous woman with a beautiful heart, and she is my best friend. I try everyday to make sure she feels loved and happy, because she deserves it. Sadly, there are many people with schizophrenia who don’t have friends or family and that is heartbreaking.

"If you make it to age 30 without Schizophrenia, you have virtually no chance of ever having it..." I just turned 29 and never realized how important this year would be.

I'm an electrician and I love watching this man's lectures.

The professor just has that voice. That voice that actually makes you listen.

You can tell this professor not only love the subject he teaches, he does researches and actively go out of his way to learn more. They say in order to have a very clear understanding of what you are talking about, you gotta read 10 times amount of related information. I can’t imagine the shear amount of hours he devoted into reading. I feel like he is one of very rare individuals who loves studying but also gifted at teaching.

this man’s lectures are my adult version of bedtime stories

not even studying psychiatry but I just ate the whole 1.5 hours video because this prof is amazing