Schizophrenia and epilepsy

Published: January, 2012

Evidence suggests that these two brain disorders may share biological roots.

Auditory hallucinations. Unusual feelings or sensations. Dreamlike alterations in consciousness. These can be symptoms of both schizophrenia and epilepsy. Evidence continues to accumulate that the two brain disorders overlap in ways that researchers are still trying to understand.

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