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.
OCD cannot be classified as insanity. It IS a mental problem but not as severe as schizophrenia for example.
No. A sociopath is just as likely to develop most psychological illnesses as is anyone else, including Schizophrenia (which may be what you are talking about when you say "insanity").
Schizophrenia is a biological illness that can be inherited. It is not a form of coping.
You are comparing symptoms to a serious mental illness. Schizophrenia is a diagnosis for various types of disorders. Mood disorders and anxiety problems can be a symptom of a schizophrenic's disorder.
I don't know what arnesberger is, but you may be talking about Asperger syndrome. Asperger syndrome is not a form of schizophrenia, but is a completely different thing.
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." ~E. L. Doctorow "Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair." ~R. D. Laing
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.
This would probably be hebephrenic schizophrenia (also known as disorganized schizophrenia). However, all types of schizophrenia by definition have inappropriate affect. Hebephrenia is simply the most obvious and severe form that is based on an affective disorder.
Paranoid schizophrenia is the most common form of schizophrenia. It is manifested primarily through impaired thought processes, in which the central focus is on distorted perceptions or paranoid behavior and thinking.
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.
Jared Lee Loughner did not qualify for the insanity defense because the court determined that he was competent to stand trial and understood the nature of his actions. Although he exhibited signs of mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, he was found to have a rational understanding of his crimes and the consequences. This assessment led to his conviction, as the legal standard for insanity requires a complete inability to distinguish right from wrong at the time of the offense.
The noun of insane is insanity and its plural is insanities.Insanity means:the condition of being insane;a derangement of the mind.Law. such unsoundness of mind as frees one from legal responsibility, as for committing a crime, or assignals one's lack of legal capacity, as for entering into a contractual agreement.extreme foolishness; folly; senselessness; foolhardiness: Trying to drive through that traffic wouldbe pure insanity.