Schizophrenia


 * Schizophrenia **

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that prevents normal behavior, logical thinking, and the ability to distinguish between reality and the imagination.

Symptoms of schizophernia include hallucinations, delayed reactions to the environment, delusions, and having no emotions.



There are three basic types of schizophrenia, catatonic, disorganized, and paranoid. Symptoms vary between these three. People with catatonic schizophrenia are easily agitated, aren't sensitive to pain, have trouble moving, and have negative feelings. Those with disorganized schizophrenia have hallucinations, child-like behavior, laugh at inappropriate times, and are incoherent. People with paranoid schizophrenia are often angry or anxious, have delusions of grandeur, and are violent.

There are few treatments available for schizophrenia, but there are antipsychotics, neuroleptic medications, and atypical antipsychotics. These control the symptoms of schizophrenia, but there are still risks of the symptoms returning despite medication.

There are no definite causes for schizophrenia. Those that have family with schizophrenia are more likely to get it themselves. Environment might also be a factor, as well as problems in the mother's womb and at birth.

There is no medical way to diagnose schizophrenia, but doctors may look at family history, symptoms and how long they last, and the response to medication.

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