How can schizophrenia affect life? How many people in the world have it? Tune in to this week's episode all about schizophrenia and the intriguing case of Michael Laudor.

Definition:

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia

Who first described it:

https://livingwithschizophreniauk.org/information-sheets/schizophrenia-a-brief-history/#:~:text=7,at the university in Estonia.

WHO:

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/schizophrenia

Schizophrenia and childhood abuse:

Engelstad, K.N. et al. (2019) ‘Increased prevalence of psychopathy and childhood trauma in homicide offenders with schizophrenia compared to nonviolent individuals with schizophrenia’, Nordic journal of psychiatry, 73(8), pp. 501–508. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2019.1656777.

Crime:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4905518/#:~:text=The prevalence of convictions for,in the sibling comparison sample.

Story:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/american-madness-schizophrenia-mental-illness/673490/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Laudor#:~:text=Michael B.,during an episode of psychosis.

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/19/nyregion/from-mental-illness-to-yale-to-murder-charge.html

https://medium.com/@marzen.sarah/the-unfortunate-story-of-michael-laudor-bad2c191235e

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/09/nyregion/voyage-bedlam-part-way-back-yale-law-graduate-schizophrenic-encumbered-invisible.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-two-faces-of-michael-1166821.html

Picture:

https://nypost.com/2023/05/10/poster-boy-for-safe-schizophrenia-was-to-be-played-by-brad-pitt-before-the-author-murdered-his-pregnant-fiancee/