The prevalence.is thought to be about 1% of the population around the world. In the United States and Canada, patients.fill about 25% of all hospital beds. The disorder is considered to be one of the top ten causes of long-term disability worldwide.
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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.
People with schizophrenia usually have normal cognitive function at the beginning of the course of schizophrenia.
Residual schizophrenia is caused by a partial recovery from schizophrenia. For an explanation of what causes schizophrenia, please see the related question.
Teenagers and young adults are most likely to get schizophrenia. Women with schizophrenia are more likely to have less severe schizophrenia and have paranoid schizophrenia, as well as developing schizophrenia at an average age of 25; men have a more severe course, with higher rates of disorganized and catatonic schizophrenia as well as developing schizophrenia at the average age of 18.
Catatonic schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is on Axis I.
paranoid schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder
Dyslexia schizophrenia does not exist. The two conditions, dyslexia and schizophrenia, are completely different.
No, you cannot choose to have schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental illness. Because we don't know exactly what causes schizophrenia, it cannot be induced either.