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Is the symptomatic profile for Type I and Type II schizophrenia different?
Yes. People with Type I schizophrenia have mostly positive symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations. People with Type II schizophrenia have mostly negative symptoms, such as withdrawing from others and flat affect.
How many people in Australia does schizophrenia affect?
Approximately 285 000 people in Australia have schizophrenia.
What is schitzafrania?
Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling brain disorder. People with schizophrenia sometimes hear voices others don't hear, believe that others are broadcasting their thoughts to the world, or become convinced that others are plotting to harm them.
What is residual schizophrenia?
Residual schizophrenia is a type of schizophrenia that comes after an active psychotic episode. For the diagnosis of residual schizophrenia to be made, there must be no positive symptom (schizophasia, delusions, or hallucinations).
What are Eugene Bleuler's A's of schizophrenia?
Bleuler's "four A's" of schizophrenia refer to: Ambivalence, disturbed Associations, disturbed Affect, and Autistic thinking.
What is negative schizophrenia?
People with Type II, or negative schizophrenia, are usually described as poorly adjusted before their schizophrenia slowly overtakes them. They have predominantly "negative" symptoms, such as withdrawal from others and psychomotor retardation.
What type of schizophrenia is an inappropriate affective behavior?
This would probably be hebephrenic schizophrenia (also known as disorganized schizophrenia). However, all types of schizophrenia by definition have inappropriate affect. Hebephrenia is simply the most obvious and severe form that is based on an affective disorder.
Does schizophrenia affect urban people more than rural?
Yes, people in the city do more often have schizophrenia than those in rural areas.
How would Freud explain schizophrenia?
Freud would say that schizophrenia was caused by a dysfunctional family or childhood trauma that manifested in adulthood as schizophrenia. Poor family relationships can affect the way that a child perceives reality and interacts with the world.
Is it safe to be around someone who has schizophrenia?
Most people with schizophrenia are not violent. However, if the person with schizophrenia has a history of violence, it may not be safe to be around them. Schizophrenics who use drugs are also more likely than others to be violent.
How does having paranoid schizophrenia affect your daily lives?
Your constantly on your gaurd all day.
What celebrities have schizophrenia?
There are very few celebrities that have Schizophrenia, John Nash(Famous Mathmatician) and a couple others. There are quite a few with Bipolar and Anxiety Disorders, but only a handful with Schizophrenia.
