schizoprenia is a series of brain disorders where reallity can be interupted abnormally. Results are halucinations, delusions and disordered thinking. Peope withdraw from the real world. It is a cronic condition which can last a life time, but medication these days can control the situation
No such thing as a "mild schizophrenia". The current standard diagnostic tool (DSM-IV-TR) categorizes those with schizophrenia and those without. You wouldn't say that someone has "mild cancer" now would you?
Opinions are divided on that. Some clinicians say that mild cases of schizophrenia are possible, and are in fact true in cases of paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders. Others say that schizophrenia is schizophrenia, and you cannot have a milder form of it.
Paranoid Personality Disorder is a diagnosis in itself .. it has nothing to do with Paranoid Schizophrenia.. Paranoid Schizophrenia is a mental ILLNESS and Paranoid Personality Disorder is a DISORDER! mental illnesses are treatable with medication... mental DISORDERS are not treatable with any type of medication. both are seperate diagnosis`s of their own
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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.
Schizophrenia is on Axis I.
Catatonic schizophrenia.
paranoid schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder
Dyslexia schizophrenia does not exist. The two conditions, dyslexia and schizophrenia, are completely different.