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It's not that rare, and a lot of people have it. Diseases that were rare back in the 1900's or so are becoming more well known today, such as cancer and other things including bipolar disorder.
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Do mushrooms grow on your fingers?
Yes. Its a rare condition known commonly as schizophrenia
Can one have both schizophrenia and aspergers?
Yes because aspergers is a syndrome and schizophrenia affects a different part of the brain, possible but very rare.
Is paranoid schizophrenia rare?
About 1.4 percent of people have paranoid schizophrenia. It is relatively rare, but not that rare for a mental illness. To put it in perspective, some sources say that 17 percent of people have depression and about 0.1 percent of people have multiple personality disorder (also known as dissociative identity disorder).
Is schizophrenia common?
It is not rare but not common. Only a few million are affected with this disease each year.
Is schizophrenia a type of birth defect?
Its a type of mental illness. Technically yes, it is a birth defect since schizophrenia has to do with how the brain develops before birth. The exact causes of it is not known, but its a certain area of the brain that is not developed properly. It also can be genetic as well as hereditary. If schizophrenia runs in families, or if a parent has the mental illness and the mother is pregnant, there's a 50% out of 100 chance that the baby could develop it and it usually is present before birth but symptoms don't start showing until the child is older. (for genetic schizophrenia, the child`s synptoms show at the age of two). Schizophrenia is very rare(especially childhood schizophrenia) and it only affects 1% of the american population eith the most being adults. it`s rare in both adults but is extremely rare in children and babies.
What age do girls start hitting schizophrenia?
In males, onset is usually between 18-21 years old. In females, onset of schizophrenia is usually between 20-25 years old. It is a lifelong disease, but it can be significantly ameliorated with a combination of anti-psychotic medications and family as well as social supports.
Does cannabis cause psychological problems?
it depends on the quantity, but no, only in extremely rare cases does cannabis actually cause psychosis/schizophrenia.
How do you know if your one year old is showing signs of schizophrenia?
One year old is too young to show signs of schizophrenia. The earliest recorded case of schizophrenia is six years old. It is very rare for someone who is one year old to have a psychiatric disorder besides autism or, if he or she has been through a traumatic experience, severe behavior problems or mood disorders.
If a 30 year old has schizophrenia could the mother have it as well?
Yes. Schizophrenia is partly genetic, meaning that if you have a relative with schizophrenia you are likely to also have schizophrenia. About 1/10 of people with a relative with schizophrenia develop schizophrenia, compared to 1/100 people without a relative with schizophrenia.
Is schizophrenia a disability?
People with schizophrenia usually have normal cognitive function at the beginning of the course of schizophrenia.
What are the causes of residual schizophrenia?
Residual schizophrenia is caused by a partial recovery from schizophrenia. For an explanation of what causes schizophrenia, please see the related question.
Are you born schizophrenic?
No, you can't be born with schizophrenia. Sometimes people confuse having schizophrenia at a very early age with being born with schizophrenia. For example, January "Jani" Schofield was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of six, and she is often falsely said to have been born with schizophrenia. However, there is no research that states that you can be born with schizophrenia.
