Schizophrenia

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If you can hear Satan, please visit a psychologist or see your doctor to be referred to one.

Hearing voices such as that of Satan is a psychological disorder, generally known as schizophrenia.

The psychologist will assess the severity of your case and prescribe you the relevant medication, which will prevent the voices.

Acceptance and commitment therapy has an evidence base for treating psychosis. Research conducted by Patricia Bach, Steven C. Hayes and Robert Gallop looked at the long-term effects of brief acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis. Their researched showed that persons that received acceptance and commitment therapy for their psychosis had reduced hospitalization rates as compared to those that received their normal treatment. This study looked at measures taken 4 months and 12 months following a discharge from hospital.

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More information about childhood schizophrenia can be found by talking to a psychiatrist. They will be best able to answer questions about a specific case, as the details of each case vary based on the person afflicted by it.

The main challenge in treating schizophrenia is keeping the patient on medication. Antipsychotics are unpleasant; the patient may feel as if everthing has lost its meaning, life has lost its color... I've heard someone describe it as if your whole body is covered with an inch of vaseline - you can't really feel anything. Most of the time, schizophrenia is much more pleasureable than being under antipsychotics. Because of this, a lot of patients may find ways to evade taking their medication.

Although it's difficult, it is possible sometimes to treat schizophrenia through hard work and sheer will. John Nash, a famous mathematician and schizophrenic, used rationality and logic to convince himself that his hallucinations weren't real. However, this isn't always possible.

Mild paranoid schizophrenia doesn't really make much sense, since the diagnosis of schizophrenia requires that so many symptoms out of a certain set of symptoms are present for a significant period, for most of the time during that period, and that these symptoms make functioning in one or more life domains difficult, if not impossible. A paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis requires either a preoccupation with delusions or auditory hallucinations. Even on the "mild" end of the schizophrenia spectrum, these symptoms are debilitating. However, it is possible that the schizophrenic will maintain that level of functioning without medications. Of course, that level of functioning is still rather low, and medications should definitely be considered. Atypical antipsychotics (the newer ones) don't have anywhere near as many side effects as the old antipsychotics and have shown to be highly effective in treating schizophrenia. In my own experience, a schizophrenic whose symptoms appear to be mild that does not seek help from a psychiatrist will eventually decompensate, and in many of these cases, they will decompensate to the point of requiring hospitalization.

Yes, schizophrenia is an official diagnosis in the DSM-IV-TR and the ICD-10, as well as being accepted as an official diagnosis by most clinicians.

The sociocultural perspective says that schizophrenia is caused by peer influences and labeling and a dysfunctional family.

If you think that the person is in danger of hurting his/herself or others, then call your local police station for advice on involuntary commitment. If the person will not hurt his/herself or others, then there is nothing that you can do except trying to convince him/her to see a psychiatrist. Emphasize that whatever is going on is not his/her fault.

I speak from experience, the risk is very real, but some people can handle the herb very well and the medicine of pot improves their condition and they can end services and get on with their lives, others it will cause visions or erratic behavior and they could end up confused or prancing through fields naked singing Uriah Heep albums.

No, you cannot choose to have schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental illness. Because we don't know exactly what causes schizophrenia, it cannot be induced either.

Yes, as a child, my brother was diagnosed with minor schizophrenia. Our parents abused us constantly, and my brother has become a sociopath. He's almost eighteen, and he hates everyone he ever sees. For some reason, he doesn't hate me. It could be because I'm the only person who stood by him through his childhood.

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that causes a person to possess a unrealistic perception of reality, suffer from disturbing thoughts and feelings, and exhibit antisocial behavior. Schizophrenia symptoms generally appear in the late teens or early twenties, and affect almost one in every 100 people.

The first step in treating schizophrenia is to understand and recognize schizophrenia symptoms. While many people believe that those with schizophrenia possess multiple personalities, this is actually not the case. Those that exhibit multiple personalities are suffering from a condition called multiple personality disorder, which is similar to schizophrenia in the fact that they are both mental disorders, but are very different conditions. However, this confusion is common because those with schizophrenia, many times, think that they see or hear people or things that are not really there.

There are also many other schizophrenia symptoms that are common in those suffering from the disorder. Those with schizophrenia may be difficult for others to understand, as they may become very disorganized in thought and speak in strange ways. This can be as simple as not being able to concentrate or finish conversations or as severe as speaking in very random, nonsensical ways.

Many people that suffer from schizophrenia become withdrawn from friends and family members, as well as society as a whole. This can be due to a lack of interest, feelings of paranoia, irritability, or an inability to deal with hallucinations or emotions. Additionally, a small percentage of people suffering from schizophrenia will completely stop talking or spend long periods of time in weird positions, completely unmoving.

Schizophrenia symptoms may also manifest themselves physically. Those suffering from schizophrenia may lose their appetite, which may lead to weight loss, and practice poor hygiene. Those suffering from schizophrenia generally appear to be sick or to have completely lost interest in their appearance.

Recognizing schizophrenia symptoms in others may be difficult, since they tend to manifest themselves in so many different ways. Others may simply see a person’s behavior and write them off as “crazy” or “delusional”, instead of recognizing the true source of this behavior. However, recognizing the symptoms of schizophrenia in friends or family is the first step in diagnosing and successfully treating the illness.

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Patients in this category have the characteristic positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia but do not meet the specific criteria for the paranoid, disorganized, or catatonic subtypes.
It is a type of schizophrenia where the person has both/either negative and positive schizophrenic symptoms but do not strongly enough fit the criteria for paranoid, disorganized or catatonic schizophrenia to be classfied as such.

the criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia is that a patient be continuously ill for at least six months, and that there be one psychotic phase followed by one residual phase of odd behavior

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Typical behavior seen in schizophrenia includes psychotic episodes in which there is a severe mental disturbance and perceptions of reality are distorted. Psychotic episodes may also involve hallucination

I have never heard of or seen a case like this. Typically, schizophrenia emerges in young adulthood. While I cannot say its impossible that it would emerge at age 60, it is very highly improbable that it would. If schizophrenia-like symptoms do emerge, the person should consult with their primary care physician in order to rule out any physical health problems that may be causing these symptoms to appear.

while schizophrenia in and of itself is not life threatening in a medical sense like cancer, it can cause suicidal behavior, or suicide.

Disorganized Schizophrenia is the most common type of schizophrenia, causing a person to think illogically. It leads to uncontrolled actions making it hard for them to do normal daily activities such as eat, or bathe. They have a hard time expressing their thoughts and understanding what others are trying to say. Paranoid schizophrenia is drastically different from disorganized schizophrenia in many ways. Those who suffer from paranoid schizophrenia can still complete normal daily tasks by themselves. They can still concentrate well and have good use of their memory, unlike those with the disorganized form of the disease. Those with paranoid schizophrenia though suffer from delusions of the senses. Many people assume that people just "see things" but they also hear, smell and can feel things that aren't actually there. They also often suffer from extreme emotions such as jealousy, sadness, happiness, sexual desire and more. All types of Schizophrenia can be treated with medication and therapy but no cure has been found.