What+is+Schizophrenia?

What is Schizophrenia??

// Schizophrenia  //  is a serious psychotic form of mental illness, always marked with delusions, hallucinations, or disturbances in mood and thought patterns

The most serious psychosis form of mental illness, always marked with delusions, hallucinations, or disturbances in mood and thought patterns

The diagnostic criteria agreed on by all scientists in deciding whether a person has schizophrenia is: //If an individual is out of touch with reality and his or her thinking or behavior is different enough from “normal” so as to make coping with everyday life very difficult or impossible, then the person is suffering from schizophrenia// There are three types of schizophrenia: Catatonic Schizophrenia (loss of voluntary motion/frozen), Disorganized Schizophrenia (people with extremely disorganized behaviors, also show odd behavior, ex. Facial grimaces, extreme withdrawal from other people), Paranoid-Type Schizophrenia (individuals who focus their delusions or hallucinations on a single theme/idea).

Symptoms don’t usually occur until 20s-30s **Symptoms:** - delusions and hallucinations - disturbed emotions and thinking - poor or no functioning in work, social relations, self-care - decreased functioning continues for at least 6 months - no known cause (especially not a physical cause such as drugs or brain tumor) These features are used to distinguish between schizophrenia and other psychoses (//psychosis// = group name for extreme forms of mental disturbances, aka “insanity”) - abnormal physical activity (//pacing, rocking//) - abnormal speech and communication (//silly talk, repetition//) - inappropriate manners, illogical ideas, bizarre behavior
 * Other features can be: **

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