Schizophrenia

Describing someone as schizophrenic is not using person-first language. Person-first language is putting the person before the disorder, so that you do not refer to someone as being their disorder. Saying that someone is schizophrenic implies that that person is defined by schizophrenia. Instead of saying that someone is schizophrenic, try saying that the person has schizophrenia.

Acute schizophrenia

Adderall has the potential to increase symptoms of delusions and psychosis, usually when abused. Risperdal acts as a direct antagonist of dopamine receptors which is the site of action for Adderal. It can be prescribed with an anti-psychotic to minimize any danger of side-effects. You and your doctor will decide if the risks outweigh the benefits. It is actually a very commonly prescribed combination of drugs(though I'm not sure for what illness), and is helpful if the person is suffering from negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Although there are some correlations between dopamine receptors and schizophrenia, it is not an absolute and each person may respond differently.

Approximately 1 in every 100 people are affected with some form of Schizophrenia. That is about 1% of the population. Not all individuals diagnosed with Schizophrenia need to be hospitalized, however some do not realize there is something wrong with them until it is to late. The only thing left to do is hospitalization.

In most states in the US, there is provision for an insanity defense. The standards of proof vary from state to state. We cannot list how these laws vary in the 200-plus other countries of the world, and suggest that you check them out in the legal codes of your jurisdiction.

Symptoms of schizophrenia may involve delusions, hallucinations, as well as unusual social behaviour and interaction, disorganisation, paranoia and feeling a lack of touch with reality. To the person with schizophrenia, they may not always recognise their actions are out of the ordinary, because if they are very consumed in the illness they may not know when they are having a psychotic episode.

Yes but need to be looked after

I'm very sorry to hear about your sister. Most likely it has already been much harder on you than it has been on her to watch the deterioration of her person. Here's a link that might set your mind at ease about the proceedure. While I'm lucky enough not to have had a ECT treatment before I started researching it when I heard that a realive of mine may require the proceedure again this week. According to this article it is nothing like what you may recognize from TV and movies or the treatment of 30 years ago. Your sister will be completely sedated and won't feel a thing. http://www.healthyplace.com/communities/Depression/treatment/ect/explanation.asp As for your legal question Yes, it is legal in NYC to administer ECT, here's a link for that too. http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/ect/guidelines.htm Best Wishes to you and your family!

No, they tend to be more involved with their disordered internal thought life than the lives of others. If anything they would probably be more likely to be bullied than to be bullies than "normal" people are.

Seeing things that don't really exist or feel that your being followed when you're really not.

Alogia is a lack of speech due to mental confusion, dimentia and schizophrenia.

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.

One year old is too young to show signs of schizophrenia. The earliest recorded case of schizophrenia is six years old. It is very rare for someone who is one year old to have a psychiatric disorder besides autism or, if he or she has been through a traumatic experience, severe behavior problems or mood disorders.

No. This follows the same rule as any other medical condition: no capitalization unless of a proper name, so: "cancer, schizophrenia, Graves' disease." And, while many people do capitalize it, for some reason, you can find corroboration for not doing so at the National Institute for Mental Health's website or in by checking scholarly articles on the subject.

The delusion that people are broadcasting pt inserting thoughts in your head are common to the paranoid type of schizophrenia.

This could be referring to dissociation, which is a state of mind where someone may feel like they are watching their life before their eyes through a screen, or that they don't really feel anything at all. Or maybe when they're walking down the street they feel like a ghost, that they've floated out of their body. But in psychotic terms, this is may extend to the point of a hallucination, that the person has seen or hear something that is not real, and the delusion, where they believe it is real and is happening to them, and that it might signify something when it doesn't.

Delusions, hallucinations, "flat affect", and nonsensical speech (schizophasia).

either there is a ghost/spirt/presents there or your paranoid either way get your home blessed.

You can ALWAYS be required to report for re-evaluation.

There is no specific list of symptoms for residual schizophrenia. Residual schizophrenia is most common type of schizophrenia now due to medication. It occurs when someone has had an active episode and currently do not show any symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, disorders of thought, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms. They still are clearly not the same person they were before the schizophrenic episode had occurred and probably will have some strange behaviors.

The term schizophrenia comes from two Greek words that mean "split mind." It was observed around 1908, by a Swiss doctor named Eugen Bleuler, to describe the splitting apart of mental functions that he regarded as the central characteristic of schizophrenia.

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Both of these disorders have a high genetic component. In both cases, scientists feel that it is a combination of genetics and environment which is responsible. In other words, there is a higher risk of getting one of these illnesses if you have a history of it in your family, but there are many other things which can make it worse or better. There is not a huge increase in your chances, even with a family history - identical twins of a schizophrenic person only have about a 50% chance of having it themselves, and considering that their genetic make-up is identical, that shows there is more going on than just the DNA.

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder that involves problems with perception of reality. Autism is a developmental disorder that involves problems with theory of mind and sensory difficulties. While both disorders involve inappropriate affect (expression of emotion) and problems integrating sensory input, the disorders are completely different.

Catatonic schizophrenia.