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How is schizophrenia different from other types of psychological disorder?
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They suffer from frequent hallucinations and delusions.
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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.
Can healthy people get schizophrenia?
Yes. Although most people with schizophrenia have other health conditions, especially substance abuse disorder, many only have schizophrenia.
What is the probability of having a child with schizophrenia if both parents' mothers had similar mental illness?
The chance of the child having schizophrenia when both parents have schizophrenia is about 37%. There is no data available for other combinations of illnesses, for example if one parent has schizoaffective disorder and the other has schizophrenia.
What is the Dissimilarity between pseudo neurotic schizophrenia and Generalized anxiety disorder?
A few diffrent things. 1. One is "pseudoneurotic schizophrenia" and the other is "Generalized anxiety disorder" 2. You placed a space in the first words causing them to be wrong.. 3. GAD is an anxiety disorder that is characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry. whereas Pseudoneurotic schizophrenia masks a latent psychotic disorder.
What is similar between schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder?
Although so-called schizophrenia is said to be a brain disease, while DID is acknowledged to be a psychological reaction to traumatic life events, so far no evidence has been found to support this distinction, and prove the brain disease hypothesis of schizophrenia to be true. In fact, newer research strongly indicates that both are caused by childhood trauma. Dissociation is not restricted to DID, but can be observed in schizophrenia as well. If a person is labelled with schizophrenia or DID depends on to which extent dissociation in relation to other trauma responses is predominant. If a fight, flight, or freeze response is predominant, the person will most likely be labelled with schizophrenia. If dissociation is the predominant feature she will probably be labelled with DID.
Will you get schizophrenia if you have bi polar disorder?
Is it POSSIBLE? Yes. However, having one does mean necessarily you will have the other.
What are the two major categories of psychosis?
Delusions and hallucinations. Other disorders that are similar are Schizophrenia and Delusional Disorder
Schizophrenia Symptoms: What It Is and Isn't?
Schizophrenia is often confused with other illnesses. In fact, some of its symptoms are symptoms for bipolar. These mutual symptoms include paranoia, bizarre delusions, and disorganized speech and thinking. However, if auditory hallucinations are occurring frequently then it is most likely that the person is suffering from schizophrenia. On the other hand, depression is more commonly associated with bipolar disorder and is not a symptom of schizophrenia. Furthermore, schizophrenics do not have 'split personality disorder'.
What is the meaning of mentally sick?
Someone who has various ailments such as dementia, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia or any other mental disorder.
Is it possible for a Schizophrenia patient to develop Dissociative Identity Disorder?
Dissociative Identity Disorder is thought to stem from severe, ongoing childhood trauma, whereas schizophrenia usually manifests in the late teens to early 20's. While they sometimes occur in the same person, they are not related disorders and no causality is presently known.Additional info:The answer to the question "what is similar about DID and schizophrenia?" gives different information that sounds more reliable:Although so-called schizophrenia is said to be a brain disease, while DID is acknowledged to be a psychological reaction to traumatic life events, so far no evidence has been found to support this distinction, and prove the brain disease hypothesis of schizophrenia to be true. In fact, newer research strongly indicates that both are caused by childhood trauma. Dissociation is not restricted to DID, but can be observed in schizophrenia as well. If a person is labelled with schizophrenia or DID depends on to which extent dissociation in relation to other trauma responses is predominant. If a fight, flight, or freeze response is predominant, the person will most likely be labelled with schizophrenia. If dissociation is the predominant feature she will probably be labelled with DID.
What is the difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder?
Dementia is a catch-all word for well, loss of the mental function, lit, out of the mind, De- Mentia. There are different types. Schizoaffective implies a sort of split personality and often violent mood shifts, secondary personalities ( i am not talking about the healthy kind manifested by writers and cartoonists doing different characters) they are both mental illnesses, but Dementia is vague, Schizoid is more specific.
Does schizophrenia occur with other diseases?
Yes. It is estimated that 15% of schizophrenics have panic disorder, 29% have post-traumatic stress disorder, 23% have obsessive-compulsive disorder, 50% have depression, and 47% abuse drugs.
