... , dizziness, asthenia, and slurred speech.Some characteristics of a person with psychosis can range from a person with schizophrenia whose thoughts are disorganized, or the inability to perform the needed task for daily living, to a person with severe depression has strong feelings of hopelessness and is often suicidal. Antipsychotics are thought to act by the agents in them acting on dopamine, a neurotransmitter in ... ...

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... relatively ineffective in children (Schaeffer 541). This same study also investigated alternative methods of treatment, and found that vitamin supplementation, biofeedback, and acupressure were not very effective, but a combination of daily massage, change in diet, chamomile herbal drops, and sacrocranial work proved to be very effective in at least one case (Schaeffer 542). Childhood-onset schizophrenia is certainly an unfortunate and ... ...

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