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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious brain disorder that distorts the way a person thinks, acts, expresses emotions, perceives reality and relates to others. People with schizophrenia -- the most chronic and disabling of the major mental illnesses -- often have problems functioning in society, at work and at school, and in relationships. Schizophrenia can leave its sufferer frightened and withdrawn. ...
Contrary to popular belief, schizophrenia is not a split personality. Schizophrenia is a psychosis, a type of mental illness in which a person cannot tell what is real from what is imagined. ... The behavior of people with schizophrenia may be very strange and even shocking. ...
Schizophrenia varies in severity from person to person. ... Schizophrenia symptoms seem to worsen and improve in cycles known as relapses and remissions.
Schizophrenia is a term given to a complex group of mental disorders. However, different types of schizophrenia may have some of the same symptoms. There are four basic subtypes of schizophrenia:
• Paranoid schizophrenia: People with this type are preoccupied with false beliefs (delusions) about being persecuted or being punished by someone. ...
• Disorganized schizophrenia: People with this type often are confused and incoherent, and have jumbled speech. ...
• Catatonic schizophrenia: The most striking symptoms of this type are physical. People with catatonic schizophrenia are generally immobile and unresponsive to the world around them. ... People with catatonic schizophrenia are at increased risk of malnutrition, exhaustion, or self-inflicted injury.
• Undifferentiated schizophrenia: This subtype is diagnosed when the persons symptoms do not clearly represent one of the other three subtypes.
What Are the Symptoms of Schizophrenia?
People with schizophrenia may have a number of symptoms involving changes in ability and personality, and they may display different kinds of behavior at different times. ...
The most common symptoms of schizophrenia can be grouped into three categories: Positive symptoms, disorganized symptoms, and negative symptoms. ... " Rather, it refers to obvious symptoms that are not present in people without schizophrenia. ... Hearing voices is the most common hallucination in people with schizophrenia. ... Examples of disorganized symptoms include:
• Talking in sentences that do not make sense or using nonsense words, making it difficult for the person to communicate or engage in conversation
• Shifting quickly from one thought to the next
• Moving slowly
• Being unable to make decisions
• Writing excessively but without meaning
• Forgetting or losing things
• Repeating movements or gestures, such as pacing or walking in circles
• Having problems making sense of everyday sights, sounds and feelings
Negative symptoms
In this case, the word negative does not mean "bad," but reflects the absence of certain normal behaviors in people with schizophrenia.
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