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What is schizophrenia related to?
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder
Is schizophrenia a disorder of the body or mind?
Evidence suggests that schizophrenia is a physical disorder of the brain.
Is schizophrenia a organic mental disorder?
Yes. Schizophrenia is caused by a malfunction of the brain; therefore, it is an organic mental disorder.
Is schizophrenia a disability?
People with schizophrenia usually have normal cognitive function at the beginning of the course of schizophrenia.
What is an example of a mental disorder?
Schizophrenia
What is an example of mental disorder?
Schizophrenia
What is a simple definition of the condition 'schizophrenia'?
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by delusions, agitation, and disorganized speech and thinking. It is classified as a "thought disorder".
Are there other names for schizophrenia?
At one point, schizophrenia was called "dementia praecox". Some people may say that "multiple personality disorder", "split personality", or "dissociative identity disorder" are other names for schizophrenia. However, the condition that these names describe is not the same as schizophrenia.
What is worse psychosis or schizophrenia?
They are the same thing. Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder in the spectrum of psychotic disorders. However, that said, Schizophrenia is the most severe of the psychotic disorders (with perhaps the exception of Schizoaffective disorder). A person can be labeled "psychotic" if they have a milder problem, such as delusional disorder.
What is the disorder where you hear voices?
There are many mental illnesses where you may hallucinate. They include schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, shared psychotic disorder, brief psychotic disorder, substance-induced psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression with psychotic features, delirium, and dementia. However, when someone talks about a mental illness in which you "hear things" or "see things" it will usually be schizophrenia.
Why is schizophrenia called DID?
It's not. DID is an acronym for Dissociative Identity Disorder. This is a very different condition from schizophrenia.
Is it possible to have both narcissistic personality disorder and schizophrenia?
Yes, in my opinion, narcissism is a type of schizophrenia.
