Schizophrenia

Behaviour which is unusual in terms of what is culturally expected.

For example, within Australia it would be considered unusual behaviour to say that you are posessed and that a spirit is speaking to you, yet in some tribal cultures this would not be considered unusual.

It can also depend on things like age, gender, and socio-economic status as to whether behaviour would be deemed unusual.

In regards to gender, a man trying on bras and stockings in a shop would be seen as unusual behaviour, whereas a woman doing the same thing would be considered normal.

You usually need a prior metal examination by an approved specialist, with those results then being either signed by witnesses and presented in court or the doctor themselves appearing to defend their finding.

Short answer: Yes.

Medium length answer: Just 'cause a parent or grandparent of yours had it, doesn't mean you will.

I think that it's when you keep looking over your shoulder and you keep thinking that something bad is going to happen. Paranoid is when you keep thinking about something that is bothering you, like a very bad fear and is a nervous reaction, you are are paranoid or have a phobia about something that you think is something is going to happen but it really isn't.

The possibilities vary with the patient and the details of the operation. You should speak to your neurologist about these issues.

Dyslexia is a disorder that involves problems with writing and/or reading. Schizophrenia is a disease that involves psychotic symptoms.

Horrible. People would dump off family members in asylums/hospitals to avoid having to take care of them themselves, even though in most hospitals they had no more real insight than anyone else.

it feels as if the whole world has turned against you. You absolutely believe that what you are hearing is 100% real, spoken by a real person. You feel patronized by people who tell you that it's real to you, they just can't hear it. You feel angry that no one believes you. You feel alone. You feel tormented. You feel tired all the time because the voices keep you up all night and wake you up when you finally fall asleep. You feel scared because the voices tell you they will harm you. You feel suicidal when there seems to be no escape and no help. You feel trapped when you are hospitalized and locked in a room for days. You feel frustrated when you try to get help but are given referrals to drug treatment or rehab. You feel patronized when the doctor asks you if your tv talks to you (of course it does, when you turn it on, isn't that how it works) You feel lonely when you take the medications that make the voices stop. You love them. They are your friends, probably your only friends because no one else wants to be around you. You are frightened by the silence when the meds work. You think you are hearing ghosts. You think you are psychic because lots of times what they tell you is going to happen, does. After a while you realize that the voices are actually you, then you feel like you fit in. You stop taking your meds to hear them because you miss them. They don't talk to you when you do so you feel ok. Then they talk to you again. You get all lost and alone again. So you take the meds to fit in again. Until you miss them again. It does terrible things to your self-confidence and your relationships.

Ten years after the first psychotic episode, 15 percent have to live in a hospital and 25 additional percent need extensive support.

Fifteen years after the first psychotic episode, 10 percent have to live in a hospital and 15 additional percent need extensive support.

Most schizophrenics can live in the community if their disorder can be controlled with medication and outpatient therapy. If that is not possible, they often are able to live in group homes. Rarely are they committed any more, except in extreme cases that cause them to be a danger to themselves or others.

The cause of schizoid personality disorder has not been conclusively discovered. However, it has been shown that there is a higher rate of this condition in families in which schizophrenia is present. Evidence suggests that environments with little warmth and affection in childhood may also play a role.

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.

A schizophrenic is someone who has schizophrenia. Schizophrenia isn't one condition but is actually a group of several related severe disorders that relate generally to an inability to perceive reality accurately.

In combination, ADHD is usually diagnosed at a young age and as they grow older, this causes them to develop schizophrenia. Having trouble focusing are symptoms of both ADHD ad schizophrenia therefore it leads on to the person becoming predominantly schizophrenic which is a much more serious mental illness. I know because this is what happened to me.

Yes.

No, it is not. Other psychotic disorders can include delusions of grandeur as well. So can narcissistic personality disorder.

paranoia once begun is treated with visits to the psychiatrist and medication teraphy would be prescribed. I have seen many cases of paranoia in the veterans hospital and I can firmly say that most of the time the treatment works.

If you are talking about auditory hallucinations, most people with schizophrenia hallucinate voices commenting on their actions.

Potentially, but probably not. Wernicke-Korsakoff psychosis is marked by severe amnesia, both being unable to create new memories and retain old ones. This is not a symptom of schizophrenia. Hallucinations and confused senses are signs of both schizophrenia and Wernicke-Korsakoff psychosis, but a doctor should not assume that a patient with confusion and hallucinations has schizophrenia.

Yes. See: dissociation - Brainmind.com and referred to articles

Schizophrenia is not caused by a virus or bacteria--it does not and cannot "reproduce". Because it is not caused by a virus or bacteria, it is also not "contagious".

It is a psychotic disorder.

There are abnormalities observed in thinking and perception.

Emotional reactions are either inapplicable or feeling of indifference

What you need to know about Schizophrenia is that it is a mental disorder that results from a breakdown of thoughts, behavior, and emotion, leading to withdrawal from reality and always affects people with stigma.