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Schizophrenia is a devastating mental illness, and is probably the most distressing and disabling of the severe mental disorders. The first signs of schizophrenia typically emerge in adolescence or young adulthood. ... People with schizophrenia suffer from difficulties in their thought processes, which lead to hallucinations, delusions, disordered thinking, and unusual speech or behavior. ... Contrary to popular belief, people with schizophrenia do not have split personalities, and the great majority of people who suffer from schizophrenia are not dangerous to others. People with schizophrenia are far more likely to be victims of violence and crime than to commit violent acts themselves (Nichols 1).
There are five major types of schizophrenia listed by the American Psychiatric association. The most severe type is disorganized schizophrenia, which is characterized with hallucinations, delusions, inappropriate laughing and crying, incoherent speech, and infantile behavior. Another type of schizophrenia is catatonic schizophrenia, characterized by physical rigidity and hyperactivity. ... Undifferentiated schizophrenia is a combination of symptoms from other types of schizophrenia. The last type of schizophrenia is residual schizophrenia, which is constituted by minor symptoms, which occur as an active episode diminishes (Schizophrenia 1).
Treatment for people with schizophrenia almost always involves drug therapy. ... Treatment for schizophrenia can be controversial. Roughly one third of people with schizophrenia do not take their medication; unpleasant side effects of antipsychotic drugs are a major reason for this. Schizophrenia is an expensive illness (A Treatment Option for Schizophrenia 1).
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