Although it is hard to tell for certain whether or not someone has schizophrenia, there are some warning signs that you can see. These include:
Schizophrenia is a treatable disease. Please see a mental health professional.
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The chance of the child of someone with schizophrenia also having schizophrenia is about 10 to 15 percent.
Someone with schizophrenia who wasn't taking medication would have the same blood pressure as anyone else (112/64).
The best way to better understand schizophrenia is to get to know someone who is coping with that diagnosis. It is very likely that someone in your circle of acquaintances has personal experience with some form of schizophrenia or a related mental illness.
You can go to this website http://www.helpguide.org/mental/schizophrenia_symptom.htm#early and see the early warning signs and symptoms of schizophrenia. -MarcusZ
Catatonic schizophrenia is probably the most severe type. This type of schizophrenia can prevent someone from moving for days and from functioning normally at all. With the other types of schizophrenia, at least some normal function exists.
Schizophrenia is the most severe psychological disorder because it can be disabling for the rest of someone's lifetime. Along with the characteristic delusions and hallucinations, schizophrenia can also cause depression, a lack of motivation, a lack of personal care, low interest in social interaction, and problems with coherent speech. This can require institutionalization for a lifetime, and lifetime care otherwise.
Yes, because a psychiatrist can prescribe medicine and medicine is one way to treat schizophrenia.
Paranoia or schizophrenia can make someone doubt something they did. Paranoia typically involves feelings of anxiety and fear.
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.
Most people with schizophrenia are not violent. However, if the person with schizophrenia has a history of violence, it may not be safe to be around them. Schizophrenics who use drugs are also more likely than others to be violent.