Schizophrenia

it is sometimes caused by head trauma,

A number of reasons. Genetics is part of it. I have a friend who's schizophrenic and so is his dad, but they've got it under control. Like the person above posted trauma can cause it, but not just physical trauma, emotional trauma too. I know another guy who got it after a period of homelessness.

No.

Hallucinations are one of the many symptoms of schizophrenia.

A delusion is usually described as a false belief, impression, something that is not real but may be continuous, on going or always there; where as, delirium is decribed as a disordered state of mind involving incoherent speech, hallucinations, great excitement for a period of time.

Many people dealing with schizophrenia can have a relatively normal life with psychiatric medication and regular visits with the psychiatrist, along with supportive counseling. If medications are covered by the person's insurance then the cost of treatment is no more than perhaps 4 to 6 visits with the psychiatrist and weekly to monthly visits with a counselor.

No, you can't be born with schizophrenia. Sometimes people confuse having schizophrenia at a very early age with being born with schizophrenia. For example, January "Jani" Schofield was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of six, and she is often falsely said to have been born with schizophrenia. However, there is no research that states that you can be born with schizophrenia.

Untreated schizophrenics are spared the brain damage which results from antipsychotic medications. Some may continue to be psychotic, but others may develop sufficient insight to manage or overcome their mental disturbance. Those that receive appropriate support and understanding, preferably away from their family situations, have the best chance of a favourable outcome.

Ketamine

Anyonme can make themselves believe anything if they really want to.

Dopamine.

This is a theory that has been put forth by the pharmaceutical industry and the industry of Psychiatry. However, all scientific attempts to support this theory have failed. The only neurotransmitter imbalances ever identified in mental illness is more scientifically explain as the result of medication. Brains of individuals who have been identified as having mental illness, but not taking medication, do not show these imbalances. The same has been repeatedly demonstrated with serotonin and depression as well.

Often. People whose lives are askew have trouble fitting in. Many people who are aware of their mental disorders are ashamed of them. It is best to try to treat them like anyone else, and not pry. When they feel they can trust you, they will probably be forthcoming on their own.

Typically characterized by delusions, paranoia, and auditory and/or visual hallucinations, not to be confused with autism. Difficult to diagnose because of a child's imagination, and differentiated from schizophrenia- which has an early adult-hood onset. May also have a separate etiology as psychosis in adulthood and adolescence. See the DSM-IV for more info.

From Africa, because the human race originated from there.

From what I know there are usually two ways to treat schizophrenia. If you go to a Doctor or pychologist they will usually prescribe medication for you. These drugs have side affects which can be bad. From my experience, the medications take a while to work and help you to cope with the distress you may be experiencing. However you will never be cured and will have to take the medication for the rest of your life and quite possibly for a lot of people they don't work. The alternative which in my opinion should be explored before trying medication is Orthomolecular medicine, which is treatment for mental illness via nutritional supplementation. There are alot of reasons people develop schizophrenia and more information is located at http://www.4optimallife.com/Alternative-Medicines-Cures-For-Schizophrenia-Mental-Illness.html I have seen and read of many people being cured of their mental illness via this method and if it works for you please spread the word, people need to know this stuff.

Schizophrenia has likely been with mankind since prehistoric times. However, the term schizophrenia was coined by Emil Kraepelin, a Swiss psychiatrist of the late nineteenth century, who thereby distinguished it as a specific type of 'madness'.

About 1% of the UK population are diagnosed with schizophrenia at some time in their lives; most of these are between ages 15-45. 20% of those suffering from schizophrenia fully recover; 60% make a partial recovery; and for the remaining 20% it becomes a long term problem

The drug classes of typical antipsychotics and atypical antipsychotics are used to treat psychotic disorders. The most famous examples are Thorazine, Clozaril (typical antipsychotics), Abilify, Zyprexa, and Risperdal (atypical antipsychotics).

Schizophrenia can cause both blunting of affect (which means not showing emotions well) and lack of emotion.

It's not that rare, and a lot of people have it. Diseases that were rare back in the 1900's or so are becoming more well known today, such as cancer and other things including bipolar disorder.

memory loss is more closely associated with Alzheimer's or dissociative amnesia, even though both mental abnormalities aren't related to each other.

schizophrenia, on the other hand does involve problems with memory and the creation of memories of events that never took place or of people who don't exist.

But, for someone to exhibit memory loss, but none of the other classic symptoms of schizophrenia, such as delusions/hallucinations, general illogical thinking, disorganized patterns of speech, and basically no definite concept of what is real and unreal does not mean that a person has schizophrenia.

No. Anxiety and schizophrenia are two different disorders. Anxiety is neurotic, and schizophrenia is psychotic. Although at times anxiety in severe cases can lead to losing touch with reality ( severe anxiety ) it can never lead to a psychotic disorder like schizophrenia.

This would probably be a psychiatrist. A major difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist is that a psychiatrist can prescribe medication, which is often used in treating schizophrenia.

It treats it, but doesn't cure it.

Schizophrenia can be identified because of the odd behavior of the persons that it effects. Hearing voices, hallucinations, becoming catatonic, thinking people are trying to kill you, believing that you are an important person (like the president), talking in nonsensical sentances (word salad) are all symptoms of the disease. Affected people's brains can be differentiated from normal persons brains via brain scan as well. Certain psychoactive medications do help person with schizophrenia. Usually doctors make diagnosis based on symptoms that are observed in a patient.

schizophrenia is a mental condition characterized by personality disorders among others. there are more than four types but the most common is the 'paranoid schizophrenia' the patient exhibits suspicious trait and does not feel safe.