It depends on the severity of the disease and medication; everybody hallucinates when they sleep, that is dreaming, so strictly speaking anything is possible. Most common however are auditory hallucinations (hearing voices, sounds), and hallucinations of movement in peripheral vision.
Yes. People with Type I schizophrenia have mostly positive symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations. People with Type II schizophrenia have mostly negative symptoms, such as withdrawing from others and flat affect.
The delusion that people are broadcasting pt inserting thoughts in your head are common to the paranoid type of schizophrenia.
People with Type II, or negative schizophrenia, are usually described as poorly adjusted before their schizophrenia slowly overtakes them. They have predominantly "negative" symptoms, such as withdrawal from others and psychomotor retardation.
Most people do not believe that people with schizophrenia are possessed. Even if the general attitude towards schizophrenia is more negative than it should be, possession is not a common belief about schizophrenia.
Yes. Schizophrenia is partly genetic, meaning that if you have a relative with schizophrenia you are likely to also have schizophrenia. About 1/10 of people with a relative with schizophrenia develop schizophrenia, compared to 1/100 people without a relative with schizophrenia.
Yes, schizophrenia is a type of psychosis. Psychosis is an abnormality in perception or expression of reality. Schizophrenia is a subtype of this.
People with schizophrenia usually have normal cognitive function at the beginning of the course of schizophrenia.
Many people with schizophrenia do have trouble sleeping. One study suggested that 44% of people with schizophrenia meet the diagnostic criteria for insomnia.
schizophrenia is a mental condition characterized by personality disorders among others. there are more than four types but the most common is the 'paranoid schizophrenia' the patient exhibits suspicious trait and does not feel safe.
catatonic schizophrenia
That is paranoid schizophrenia.
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.