Yes, hallucinogens can induce schizophrenic behavior. Other types of medications including sedatives and pain killers can cause schizophrenic episodes as well.
The characteristics of being paranoid schizophrenic are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior and the so called negative symptoms.
Somebody who is schizophrenic may have difficulty telling the difference between what is real and what isn't.
No. Drugs can sometimes cause schizophrenic-like behavior though.
No, she was not schizophrenic.
There is no evidence to suggest that Sasuke Uchiha from the Naruto series is schizophrenic. His character is portrayed as having complex emotions and a dark past, but his behavior and struggles are typically attributed to his experiences and personality traits within the context of the story.
yes under the mental illness act of 1997. Which allows no discrimination against people liek your teacher with schizophrenia.
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.
An actual patient
The correct spelling of the psychiatric term is schizophrenic.
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.
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 It is a rather outdated diagnostic tool but some psychiatrists will still use it.