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Persons with schizophrenia do not have "split personality". Their illness is due to biochemical disturbance of the brain. The symptoms are as follows:
- disconnected and confusing language
- poor reasoning, memory and judgment
- high level of anxiety
- eating and sleeping disorders
- hallucinations or hearing and seeing things that only exist in the mind of the consumer
- delusions or persistent false beliefs about something (i.e. that others are controlling their thoughts)
- deterioration of appearance and personal hygiene -tendency to withdraw from others
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoThere is no correlation between schizophrenia and split personality.
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What is the origin of the word schizophrenia?
The word schizophrenia comes from the meaning "split mind".
Does schizophrenia cause a breakdown in logical thought processes?
This is true. The root word "schizo" means "split". This is why many people associate multiple personality disorder ("split" personalities) with schizophrenia. However, the "split" refers to the split between the mind and the rest of the world. The thought processes are no longer logical.
What illness did the narrator in fight club have?
he suffered from multiple personalities and Schizophrenia Schizophrenia
How can you tell if someone is skitzofrenic?
The early signs of schizophrenia include deterioration of personal hygiene, forgetfulness, depression, inability to express sadness or joy, inappropriate laughter or crying, social withdrawal, oversleeping or insomnia and developing irrational suspicions. Schizophrenia is often confused with multiple/split personality disorder but they are two very different conditions and schizophrenia is far more common. Schizophrenia is not the development of multiple personalities but, rather, becoming split off from reality.
Can a split personality have a split personality?
A person can have multiple personalities. It is the person who has the disorder and not the personalities who have the disorder.
Do schizophrenics have split personalities?
it depends on the person and if they want to change and it also depends on how bad the case is and how long have they been tapping in to these split personalities and if its a boy or agirl.need more info
What is similar between schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder?
Although so-called schizophrenia is said to be a brain disease, while DID is acknowledged to be a psychological reaction to traumatic life events, so far no evidence has been found to support this distinction, and prove the brain disease hypothesis of schizophrenia to be true. In fact, newer research strongly indicates that both are caused by childhood trauma. Dissociation is not restricted to DID, but can be observed in schizophrenia as well. If a person is labelled with schizophrenia or DID depends on to which extent dissociation in relation to other trauma responses is predominant. If a fight, flight, or freeze response is predominant, the person will most likely be labelled with schizophrenia. If dissociation is the predominant feature she will probably be labelled with DID.
Where does the word schizophrenia come from?
The term schizophrenia comes from two Greek words that mean "split mind." It was observed around 1908, by a Swiss doctor named Eugen Bleuler, to describe the splitting apart of mental functions that he regarded as the central characteristic of schizophrenia.
Does people with Asperger's syndrome have a split personality?
No people with asperger's syndrome do not have split personalities
What is schisoframia?
Assuming you meant 'schizophrenia' - it's a neurological disorder, that causes the patient to develop alternate personalities.
Do children with schizophrenia have different personalities?
Don't confuse Schizophrenia with 'multiple personality disorder'. the two are not the same. Schizophrenia can be described as dissociative disorder... where the sufferer may disconnect from reality. they hear things, see things, etc that aren't there.
What are facts about split personalities?
Memories are generally split between the personalities. There may be only 2, some cases show more than 5. It varies. Some claim that one personality has skills not had by any other personalities.
