Schizophrenia

• bipolar disorder, mood disorder, symptoms are extremecycles of high and low mood
• schizophrenia, thought disorder, symptoms are hallucinations and delusions
• multiple personality disorder or dissociative identity disorder, dissociation disorder, symptoms are changes in identity and personality

Ten to fifteen percent of people with schizophrenia end up committing suicide.

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.

That's kind of an awkward situation. Why is your boyfriends schizophrenic ex even spending vacation at his house with grown daughter.

Note: Until you marry into this family, your boyfriend's ex-wife's business is not your business and your boyfriend's daughter's business is not your business. Until such a time that this is your family, mind your own business.

There is no difference. The correct term is schizoaffective disorder. Schizoeffective disorder is a misspelling.

No. He was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 20 by a Navy doctor who discharged him as unsuitable for military service. He lacked key symptoms such as hearing voices. He went on to live a life that does not indicate schizophrenia. He died at the age of 47 from complications of alcoholism.

The behavior of children and teens with schizophrenia is different from that of adults with this illness. It is rare for symptoms to develop before age 12. Schizophrenic behavior develops gradually in children and may begin with children talking about strange fears or ideas. Early warning signs of schizophrenia in children include: * Trouble distinguishing dreams from reality * Confusing television or movies with reality * Seeing things and hearing voices that are not real * Confused thinking * Extreme moodiness * A belief that people are "out to get them" * Behaving younger than one's age * Severe anxiety and fearfulness * Severe problems in making and keeping friends Children with schizophrenia must have a complete evaluation. Parents should ask their family physician or pediatrician to refer them to a psychiatrist, preferably a child and adolescent psychiatrist, who is specifically trained and skilled at evaluating, diagnosing, and treating children with schizophrenia.

First of all does anyone else in your family (think extended family too) possibly have this disease(remember we have rather new diagnostic technology so if your grandparent had it they might not be diagnosed). Also if other family members in your immediately family have the same disease did they live in the same environment as you did(such as the same house,school,etc.) Just because no one else doesnt have it in your family doesnt mean that it isn't genetic, you could be the proband(the first person to present the disease to the doctor in a family). The best way to figure it out is to get a microarray test done to check for the recognized genes for that disease (but they tend to be a couple thousand dollars). Environmental factors are more of either a statistic (we noticed everyone in this neighborhood got sick) or a process of elimanation(well your genes are good so it must be environmental) if you think it was caused by lead specifically you can ask your doctor to give you medication that will bind to the lead and allow it to pass through your system (but again I think that cost about a hundred dollars a bottle, you'd have to ask your doctor). If you live in the city you generally do have higher lead concentrations so if you wanted to do the lead purification it wouldn't hurt you.

Schizophrenia is a chronic disease which, at present, is treatable but not curable.

Treatment includes antipsychotic drugs and behavioral therapy.

Gene plays a main role in developing Paranoid Schizophrenia. Person who has close relatives with this disease, has a higher chance of developing this. However there are certain environmental problems like problem at birth, can accelerate the risk.

Hearing voices is an indication that you are mentally ill. However, you can be schizophrenic, psychotic, neurotic, or suffer from multiple personality disorder.

You can be helped through dream interpretation according to the scientific method. Dream therapy can surely help you stop hearing voices and find sound mental health. Other methods are very dangerous. Common psychiatrists and psychologists don't have an internal vision of what is happening into your brain and psyche.

You must be very careful with mental health problems. The wise unconscious mind that produces your dreams works like a natural doctor, sending you in dreams exactly the information you need to find sound mental health that lasts forever.

Each case is decided on individual basis, and you yourself cannot make the necessary decisions without the approval of a court of law. You would need to consult a mental health specialist and/or attorney. You could also consult the state department of children and families, or mental health, or the equivalent in your state.

Depersonalization disorder is present in Schizophrenics in most cases, But Schizophrenics tend to develop Psychosis which disables them completely from reality, thus Schizophrenics are not aware nor can tell the difference between the internal and external world. Whereas individuals with Depersonalization disorder temporarly have fragmentation of reality.

Schizophrenia symptoms vary from person to person. There are several main types of schizophrenia, and schizophrenia is often confused with other mental illneses, so there are a wide range of symptoms.

There are three types of schizophrenia symptoms - cognitive, positive and negative. Cognitive symptoms affect thought processes, and are the worst ones to have, since they interfere with normal activities. These include lack of memory and understanding, and inability to pay attention. Positive symptoms connote distorted or excessive normal functions. These include hallucinations, delusions and disorganized thought, speech and behavior. Negative symptoms mean that normal function is absent or diminished. These include lack of interest, motivation and emotion, neglect of personal hygiene and social withdrawal.

Paranoid-type schizophrenia is often characterized by hallucinations and delusions. People with this type of schizophrenia often behave normally otherwise, but can often be anxious and angry. Disorganized-type schizophrenia causes a lack of organization in everything from thought, speech and emotion to everyday activities, such as dressing, showering and cooking. People with this type of schizophrenia are difficult to understand and often express inappropriate emotions. Residual-type schizophrenia is where a person has had schizophrenia in the past but currently shows no symptoms. It could mean that the person is in remission, or conversely, about to have a full-blown episode. Catatonic-type schizophrenia is characterized by movement disturbances People with this type of schizophrenia may be completely immobile or move all over the place. Their vocal pattern is erratic; they may not say anything for a long period of time or may copy everything someone says or does. Undifferentiated-type schizophrenia involves symptoms from several categories, but not enough to distinguish it as any one type.

Schizophrenia can often be confused with depression or bipolar disorder. It’s important to get professional help

if someone you love has any change in behavior, especially since many with schizophrenia may harm themselves or others. By being able to identify signs and symptoms, and taking medications when scheduled, those with schizophrenia can go on to live happy and fulfilling lives.

Typically yes, but it varies from person to person and condition to condition (schizophrenia isn't actually just one disorder--it's a spectrum of disorders).

Schizophrenia

The majority of people with paranoid schizophrenia are not violent in any way. In fact, people with schizophrenia are victims of crime more often than they are perpetrators. That being said, schizophrenia is connected with drug use, which can cause violence. But violent schizophrenics are much rarer than the media suggests. I can't find any specific statistics on mental illness and violence, but I would guess that the number is in the range of 250-500 schizophrenic murderers in the US.

The majority of people with schizophrenia have normal karyotypes. If the karyotype is abnormal, it will be a coincidence and not the cause of the schizophrenia. For example, you can have Turner syndrome (1 X chromosome) and schizophrenia at the same time, but the Turner syndrome wouldn't have caused the schizophrenia.

There is no one specific test, especially not one that is available on the Internet. If you think that you may have schizophrenia, you should see a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist will be able to diagnose you if you do have schizophrenia.

Individuals with paranoid schizophrenia and persecutory delusional disorder experience what is known as persecutory delusions

Ugliness, loss of teeth, psychosis, schizophrenia, welts on the skin, aggression, tolerance, loss of money and life. Oh and if you're caught, 7 years inside.

Still worth it? :3

Schizophrenia can go into permanent remission, although that is not the same as curing it. When it does, it is rarely caused by medical intervention and usually by the natural course of the disease.

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In the acute phase, the patient has an overt loss of contact with reality (psychotic episode) that requires intervention and treatment.