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Dr. Stuart C. Sealfon: "Could Some Cases of Schizophrenia Be Caused by an Autoimmune Disease?"

  • Healthline
  • New York, NY
  • (February 20, 2014)

Research suggests that some cases of psychosis, diagnosed as schizophrenia, may actually be the result of autoimmune encephalitis. Like autism, schizophrenia is diagnosed based on symptoms alone. “Schizophrenia may represent a common clinical syndrome that most likely represents many different diseases,” said Stuart C. Sealfon, MD, Professor and Chair of Neurology, and Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology and System Therapeutics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Learn more