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The website schizophrenia.com has information on symptoms of schizophrenia and forms of treatment. Another great website would be psychologyinfo.com. This website also provides symptoms of schizophrenia as well as facts about the disease and ways it can be treated.
A biological psychologist would say that people with schizophrenia act like they do because of abnormalities in the brain. Hallucinations might be attributed to abnormalities of the temporal lobe. Breakdown of the frontal lobe may cause disorganized behavior.
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The primary form of treatment for schizophrenia is antipsychotic medication. Antipsychotic drugs help to control almost all the positive symptoms of the disorder. They have minimal effects on disorganized behavior
No. Hallucinations are one of the many symptoms of schizophrenia.
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Typically, the temporal lobe and limbic system are involved in schizophrenia. Lesions, malformations, or simply dysfunction in dopaminergic neurons of these areas of the brain can result in the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Since excess dopaminergic activity is indicative of schizophrenia, antipsychotic drugs that block dopamine receptors are the usual treatment for this illness.
Schizophrenia in dogs will manifest in rapid mood swings and opposing behavior.
Residual schizophrenia is a type of schizophrenia that comes after an active psychotic episode. For the diagnosis of residual schizophrenia to be made, there must be no positive symptom (schizophasia, delusions, or hallucinations).
There has been progress in medications for controlling the symptoms of schizophrenia. However, a "true cure" has not been found. (A true cure would be something that completely and permanently removes the symptoms of schizophrenia.)
Schizophrenia is often confused with other illnesses. In fact, some of its symptoms are symptoms for bipolar. These mutual symptoms include paranoia, bizarre delusions, and disorganized speech and thinking. However, if auditory hallucinations are occurring frequently then it is most likely that the person is suffering from schizophrenia. On the other hand, depression is more commonly associated with bipolar disorder and is not a symptom of schizophrenia. Furthermore, schizophrenics do not have 'split personality disorder'.