Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia or any mental health issue is not spread or contagious.

factors may include if the individual has a mental disability such as dementia or not having mental capacity. If the individual is secluded or isolated or are vulnerable.

There could also be factors for the abuser which could include the abuser having lack of training, also abusing their power. sometimes personal issues have a part to play which could include the carer/abuser being stressed or having a history of abuse and continuing the cycle

It is not impossible for a person with a sociopathic personality to become schizophrenic, although one diagnosis does not really relate to the other in any meaningful way as far as predicting outcome. Sociopathy is related to personality traits that are glib, self interested, shallow emotionally, manipulative, and destructive. Schizophrenia is a disorder of the brain that makes a person see, hear, taste, feel, and think things that are not baised on reality. The two really are not related to each other.

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Histrionic focuses on personalities which exhibit excessive attention seeking. Borderline personalities focus on destructive lack of emotional control.

People with bpd (borderline personality disorder) and people with histrionic personality disorder both exhibit the inability to identify themselves without other people.

People with a histrionic personlity disorder are known to go with what other people believe and basically adopt others viewpoints as their own without being able to logically intellectualize or really understand the actual details that go with whatever opinion or belief they make their own. Constantly need other's approval. Can't rely on their own judgments or ideas.

Bpd's on the other hand, actually question what it is they do believe in and what their place in this world really is. Both personality types obviously lack the ability to identify themselves. However, those with bpd actually seem to question their chamillion like ways and perceptions.

Absolutely. Alcohol creates psychotic breaks, and so does schizophrenia. The two fit together like hand and glove. Schizophrenics (and people with a history of it in the family) should not drink. However, many do because they find that alcohol can quiet some of the symptoms of their psychosis. This can make it difficult to diagnose and treat the schizophrenia.

It depends on the severity of the disease and medication; everybody hallucinates when they sleep, that is dreaming, so strictly speaking anything is possible. Most common however are auditory hallucinations (hearing voices, sounds), and hallucinations of movement in peripheral vision.

Population statistics on the heredity of schizophrenia estimate that a child with one diagnosed parent has about a 10% genetic risk of developing the disease themselves (this is compared to a 1% risk in the general population). The risk goes up significantly if both parents (60%), a grandparent, or other close relatives also have schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is treated by medication, especially antipsychotics. It is also treated by therapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Methods of treating schizophrenia that are now out of use include psychosurgery and electroshock therapy.

From my past college experience you cannot actually die from the condition but if someone who doesnt have the condition under control by having a doctor they are working with or medication, then the person may not be mentally stable enough to handle the effects, in which case people who have died in the past with a history of schizophrenia, usually passed due to suicide. I studied this in school and I know someone who could answer the question in greater detail if need be. . Schizophrenia is not a cause of death. The illness is devastating to patients and families who care for those afflicted. The number one cause of premature death in persons with schizophrenia is by suicide at a rate of between 10 and 15 percent (depending on the study). The average life span is 25 years less than those without the illness.

Sometimes rarely a person with paranoid schizophrenia in a state of delusion may act out and inadvertently die e.g. voices tell them that they can jump from a building and not be harmed. This is rare but happens, as well as an inability to care or from delusion put themselves in harmful situations, e.g. falling asleep in a field in the winter. There are may social, economic consequences of the illness (homelessness) and other circumstances that put them at the highest risk for suicide and attempted suicides. Though negatively stigmatized people with schizophrenia are rarely a danger to others but are at a high risk to injure or harm themselves. The short answer is yes you can die from it.

no, you can't die but if you, like said above, can;t control it, you might think someone is chasing you and jump of a building, run into a road, or something like that. so yeah , you could. it depends on your situation

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No. People who are mentally ill are no more or less likely to be violent than those who are not mentally ill.

The highest risk group to act violently are males who are drug (including alcohol) abusers.

Dementia is a catch-all word for well, loss of the mental function, lit, out of the mind, De- Mentia. There are different types. Schizoaffective implies a sort of split personality and often violent mood shifts, secondary personalities ( i am not talking about the healthy kind manifested by writers and cartoonists doing different characters) they are both mental illnesses, but Dementia is vague, Schizoid is more specific.

Delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, affective flattening, alogia, avolition, impariment in social/occupational functioning, excessive motor activity that is apparently purposeless, mutism, word salad, bizarre gestures, stereotyped movements, echolalia, echopraxia.

Delusional disorder is characterized by a tanaciously held belief with no accompanying hallucinations. This is the single distinction as some sub-types of schizophrenia are very symptomatically similar to delusional disorder. The delusion can be erotic, jealous, grandiose, persecutory, or somatic and attempts to question it are met confrontationally.

No; marijuana does not help schizophrenia. Marijuana has been proven in studies to increase the likelihood of schizophrenia and worsen symptoms. Individuals with schizophrenia should avoid marijuana.

Abilify and Geodon are the two most weight-neutral antipsychotics. Seroquel and Risperdal, while not as weight-neutral as Abilify and Geodon, are less of a problem than some other medications.

Yes it can. This is because fMRI technology can be used to create images of oxygen use in various brain areas. It can be assumed that when an area is active, it consumes oxygen. Therefore, fMRI can identify whether or not a region is active or not during a process when it should be according to the norm.

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Sufferers can go into remission which essentially means that their symptoms have been moderated or dealt with to such a degree that they can function adequately or perfectly well while or while not provided treatment afterwards. But Schizophrenia is a lifelong mental illness which a person may never fully recover and of course, no matter how small the chances there, there is always the possibility of relapse.

You first follow the First and most important commandment of: Love God with your whole heart, mind, spirit and soul. Then you follow through with trust, prayer, and commitment. When you have this in place; you will find that the Holy Spirit will then start providing you with guidance. And as a result of that guidance, you will find the Holy Spirit giving a vision of your future in survive to God. A overall vision of the future will be provided and the specific guidance will be provided through the "still small voice" guidance. But you must be careful to avoid the "powerful voice" which is usually from the ruller of the earth Satan". If you can achieve the proper ballance of listening, reading the Bible and checking things out with a good Christian friend; you will have all the vision you need.

A combination of genetic and environmental factors play a role in the development of schizophrenia.[2][3] People with a family history of schizophrenia who suffer a transient psychosis have a 20-40% chance of being diagnosed one year later.[23]

Estimates of heritability vary because of the difficulty in separating the effects of genetics and the environment.[24] The greatest risk for developing schizophrenia is having a first-degree relative with the disease (risk is 6.5%); more than 40% of monozygotic twins of those with schizophrenia are also affected.[3] It is likely that many genes are involved, each of small effect and unknown transmission and expression.[3] Many possible candidates have been proposed, including specific copy number variations, NOTCH4, and histone protein loci.[25] A number of genome-wide associations such as zinc finger protein 804A have also been linked.[26] There appears to be significant overlap in the genetics of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.[27]