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A viral infection during the second trimester of pregnancy can cause the child to develop schizophrenia later in life. Many infections that affect the brain, including meningitis and Lyme disease, can cause psychosis, which is not the same as schizophrenia.
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What is schizophrenia related to?
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder
What disease includes delusions?
In mental disorders, Brief Psychotic Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Delusional Disorder can cause delusions. In some cases, severe mania or depression can cause delusions.
Is schizophrenia a disorder of the body or mind?
Evidence suggests that schizophrenia is a physical disorder of the brain.
Can a person be diagnosed with epilepsy schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?
Absolutely. Schizophrenia patients may also suffer from Bipolar disorder and recent studies show the two psychiatric disorders may share a common genetic cause. Epilepsy is over twice as common among people with Schizophrenia or Bipolar disorder than those without either disorder.
Is schizophrenia a organic mental disorder?
Yes. Schizophrenia is caused by a malfunction of the brain; therefore, it is an organic mental disorder.
Prenatal viral infections contribute to what disorder?
Schizophrenia :) for more information, you can check out this website or any college psych book. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12064515
What is an example of a mental disorder?
Schizophrenia
What is an example of mental disorder?
Schizophrenia
Is schizophrenia a disability?
People with schizophrenia usually have normal cognitive function at the beginning of the course of schizophrenia.
Can Seroquel cause schizophrenia?
Seroquel cannot cause schizophrenia. It is designed to treat schizophrenia. It is a common psychotic delusion to believe that an anti-psychotic such as Seroquel causes, rather than treats a psychotic disorder. This is because Seroquel, and all drugs of the anti-psychotic class used in the treatment of severe psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, cause uncomfortable side effects when initially administered. A schizophrenic who resists treatment will identify those side effect symptoms as the disorder through the process of rationalization.
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.
