Schizophrenia and Michael Laudor

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/