In Jen Percy’s book Demon Camp, her chronicle of a soldier’s life after war, an unnamed neuropsychologist tells her about the neurological consequences of trauma: “Sometimes the amygdala enlarges, the hippocampus shrinks. Trauma can cause inflammation, atrophy, neuron death, and shrinkage. Parts of the brain can wither, rearrange, and die.” It’s also commonly believed that the brain suffers physiological damage because of schizophrenia; according to one 2013 study, the highest tissue loss occurs in the first two years after the initial episode, and though it may slow after that, the loss does
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