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Can hallucinogens induce schizophrenic behavior?
Yes, hallucinogens can induce schizophrenic behavior. Other types of medications including sedatives and pain killers can cause schizophrenic episodes as well.
What are the characteristics of a paranoid schizophrenic?
The characteristics of being paranoid schizophrenic are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior and the so called negative symptoms.
How do you spell schitzophrenic?
The correct spelling is "schizophrenic." It is a condition that affects a person's thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
Does marijuana cause schizophrenia in cats?
No. Drugs can sometimes cause schizophrenic-like behavior though.
Was Joan of Arc schizophrenic?
No, she was not schizophrenic.
Is schizophrenia a form of insanity?
Even though the behavior of a schizophrenic may be beyond the norm, it is possibly a genetic, chemical imbalance that may be modified by medication.
Is it allowed to a schizophrenic patient to be a driving teacher?
yes under the mental illness act of 1997. Which allows no discrimination against people liek your teacher with schizophrenia.
What is observed in a clinical trial?
An actual patient
A psychiatirist is usind free association when?
My mother was a psychiatrist. Free association was used as a diagnostic tool to help the doctor see patterns of thought and behavior in a patient. They have used it in marriage counseling but it turned out to be fool hardy. Free association can reveal patients who are psychotic, schizophrenic or borderline. It can also reveal when a patient is developmentally slow or has brain damaged. It is a rather outdated diagnostic tool but some psychiatrists will still use it.
How do you spell schitsophrenic?
The correct spelling of the psychiatric term is schizophrenic.
Is it possible for a schizophrenic to pass his illness to his children?
Schizophrenia does have a genetic component - so risk of schizophrenia in close relatives of a schizophrenic patient are increased. This does not mean that all close relatives will definitely have the disease, but only that they are more likely to have it than non-relatives. Environmental and social stressors may increase this risk.
What age group of people are affected by schizophrenia most?
it is sometimes caused by head trauma, A number of reasons. Genetics is part of it. I have a friend who's schizophrenic and so is his dad, but they've got it under control. Like the person above posted trauma can cause it, but not just physical trauma, emotional trauma too. I know another guy who got it after a period of homelessness.
