Summary of Brain Study Data

Mounting radiological evidence from PET, MRI, and CT scans confirms the presence of chronic brain dysfunction (PET scans) and brain atrophy (MRI and CT scans) in neuroleptic-treated patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. It also confirms the brain-disabling concept. 

By 1988, Kelso et al. estimated the total number of relevant CT scan studies to be over 90, most of which show damage. Some studies implicate the total lifetime amount of neuroleptic intake (DeMeyer et al., 1984 Lyon et al., 1981). A number of researchers try to attribute the findings to schizophrenia, but there is little justification for this (see subsequent discussion). 

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