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.

The two types of schizophrenia are Type I or Positive and Type II or Negative. Type I has mostly positive symptoms, including hallucinations and delusions. Type II has mostly negative symptoms, including social withdrawal and flat affect.

catatonic schizophrenia

No, paranoid schizophrenia does not usually get better with time. Paranoid schizophrenia requires professional treatment, often including both psychotherapy and medication.

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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder. It is not a condition that causes any sort of physical sickness that would lead to death.

Relapse is a new psychotic episode after a period of at least one month with partial or complete recovery with no positive symptoms.

The usually symptom of schizophrenia is sensing (any of the five snese) of something that doesnt exist or is present. Other syptoms can vary as there are different forms of schizophrenia but common signs are paranoia, confusion and irritation. Also, avoiding people is common with the paranoid schizophrenic.

Aspergers does not have this. Instead AS is noted for the individual to be socially awkward (doenst know what to do) and having strong interests with specific things. AS is a high functioning austism and the individual does not need medication (unless they have severe ADHD, depression or anxiety) where as schizophrenics usually need to take medication to help keep their senses "in order".

The main features of paranoid schizophrenia are paranoid delusions (believing that others are trying to harm or persecute you) and auditory hallucinations (hearing things that are not real).

The main feature of catatonic schizophrenia is extremes of behavior. At one extreme, you cannot speak, move, or respond. At the other, you have overstated and hyperactive motion.

The fear of shadows is known as sciaphobia or sciophobia. The names appear to be interchangable.

Schizoaffective disorder includes a diagnosable mood disorder. Most people with disorganized schizophrenia do not meet the diagnostic criteria for a mood disorder. There may be some overlap between disorganized schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder with unipolar depression. However, positive symptoms (such as delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech) will be present more prominently in people with schizoaffective disorder.

Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling brain disorder. People with schizophrenia sometimes hear voices others don't hear, believe that others are broadcasting their thoughts to the world, or become convinced that others are plotting to harm them.

Paranoid

Trent Reznor has suffered from depression, alcoholism and drug addiction, but has never been diagnosed with schizophrenia. This is an unfortunate rumor. Please don't spread it.

Paranoid Personality Disorder is a diagnosis in itself .. it has nothing to do with Paranoid Schizophrenia.. Paranoid Schizophrenia is a mental ILLNESS and Paranoid Personality Disorder is a DISORDER! mental illnesses are treatable with medication... mental DISORDERS are not treatable with any type of medication. both are seperate diagnosis`s of their own

People with schizophrenia may talk a lot. If they talk a lot without making much sense, this is called "schizophasia".

DDS stands for Doctor of Dental Science

The only way to prove to others that anyone is mentally ill is to have that person examined by qualified medical people. Sometimes they will confirm your belief that the person is mentally ill, but sometimes they will tell you that you are wrong.

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There are several meanings of hy in medical terminology. One meaning is hysteria. Another meaning is Hypothalamus.

Reserpine has been used for psychotic symptoms in the past, but rarely today, as it is not as effective as other antipsychotic medications. However, it may still be used in cases where psychotic symptoms need to be removed immediately.

Surgery is not a recommended solution for schizophrenia. However, in the past (and still in some countries without regulations), lobotomies were performed on patients with schizophrenia.

No scizophrenia is a chemical imbalance in the brain, a mental illness, not caused by anything specific.

Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia have some symptoms that are quite similar. The main difference between these two is that schizophrenia's characterized by hallucinations and delusions while bipolar disorder is mainly manic behavior followed by periods of depression. Typically, bipolar behaviors are fairly distinguishable from schizophrenia, but there are some rare cases of schizo-affective disorder which is a combination of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder where there is a mood component accompanied by schizophrenia. In short, bipolar symptoms can be somewhat similar to schizophrenic symptoms, but unless the individual has schizo-affective disorder the symptoms won't be identical enough to confuse the two disorders with one another.