“The neurobiological side of the hypothesis is proposed that a) the feats cause, at the brain level, a rise in dopamine b) delusions are feats of fantasy and fantasy shield feats that cause this same award, or relieve punishment c) the neuroleptics show efficacy in reducing delusions since they inhibit dopamine receptors and take away the prize for self-deception” BrainAnxietyHallucinationsDopamineBipolar DisorderPrefrontal CortexAntipsychotic DrugsAntipsychotic MedicationNeurolepticsNeurosciences Book:THE SHIELD FEATS THEORY: a different hypothesis concerning the etiology of delusions and other disorders. Source: THE SHIELD FEATS THEORY: a different hypothesis concerning the etiology of delusions and other disorders.
“In 1949, neurologist Egas Moniz (1874-1955) received a Nobel Prize for his discovery of ‘the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses’. Today, prefrontal leucotomy is derided as a barbaric treatment from a much darker age, and it is to be hoped that, one day, so too might antipsychotic drugs.” FutureMental HealthMental IllnessPsychiatryMental DisordersLobotomyAntipsychotic DrugsAntipsychotic MedicationAntipsychotics Book:The Meaning of Madness Source: The Meaning of Madness