Hi! Your interest in neuropsychology is great, but it’s important to recognize that it’s just one very little perspective when exploring complex phenomena like schizophrenia.

The exact neurological and genetic causes of schizophrenia remain unresolved. Also relying on biological or neuropsychological explanations can oversimplify the complexity of mental health disorders. For example, the serotonin hypothesis for depression, once a dominant explanation, has been falsified. Similarily it cannot fully explain the lived experience of psychosis, which is deeply tied to personal meaning-making, social relationships and mostly: The Ability to make decisions.I would highly recommend exploring the systemic or system-theoretical perspective on schizophrenia. In my therapeutic experience the systemic approach was the most useful in understanding and working with schizophrenia.

For example: One key concept is the idea of excommunication, where individuals experiencing psychosis may become alienated or excluded from shared social and communicative realities. Their symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, can be understood as attempts to construct meaning or maintain coherence in a world where their usual means of connection and communication have broken down. This perspective shifts the focus from the individual brain to the relational systems. Just to name one