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What body part gets touched by schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia mainly affects the brain.
How much does a schizophrenia brain weighs?
Schizophrenia has no effect on brain weight.
What area of the brain does schizophrenia affect?
A type of schizophrenia known as catatonic can effect the skin (with insensitivity to pain) and can effect muscle control. Generally, the other types of schizophrenia effect only the mind.
Can a brain scan detect schizophrenia?
A brain scan cannot detect schizophrenia, although many people with schizophrenia do have abnormal brain scans. The brain damage is not apparent until the disease has already progressed far enough to show clear signs of schizophrenia.
Can one have both schizophrenia and aspergers?
Yes because aspergers is a syndrome and schizophrenia affects a different part of the brain, possible but very rare.
What is the association part of the brain?
The occipital lobe is the part of brain associated with sight.
What neurotransmitter is associated with schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is often associated with a high level of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
What is schizophrenia and how does it relate to the biological approach?
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder or group of disorders that affects the normal functioning of the brain and severely impairs thinking, emotion, and behavior. Doctors do not know the specific cause of schizophrenia, but both environmental and genetic factors do play a role. The symptoms of schizophrenia are delusions, hallucinations, flat affect, and disorganized speech, thinking, and behavior. Schizophrenia relates to the biological approach to psychological disorders in that it is a primarily biological disorder. Schizophrenia is sometimes caused by an excess of the neurotransmitter dopamine, and there are brain defects associated with schizophrenia. Because of this, schizophrenia can be said to be a biological psychological illness.
What kind of schizophrenia do you have if you self-harm?
There is no specific type of schizophrenia that is associated with self-harm. Self-harm in schizophrenia is generally associated with delusions. For example, a patient with schizophrenia may believe that if he or she cuts off a finger then the world will be saved. Because self-harm in schizophrenia is associated with delusions, patients with paranoid schizophrenia or undifferentiated schizophrenia may be more likely to self-harm than patients with other types of schizophrenia.
Is schizophrenia a disorder of the body or mind?
Evidence suggests that schizophrenia is a physical disorder of the brain.
What parts of the brain does schizophrenia damage?
Schizophrenia damages the frontal and temporal lobes and the vesicles.
What scan is used to identify which brain areas are most active when a person is suffering from schizophrenia?
You usually cannot diagnose schizophrenia from a simple brain scan. However, long-term damage to the brain from schizophrenia can sometimes be assessed by a MRI scan.
