This part is on Schizophrenia, an interesting mental disorder.
The Nation Insitute of Mental Health (NIHM) defines schizophrenia as: Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
People with Schizophrenia seem as though the may have lost touch with reality. It isn't a very common disorder but the symptoms may be disabling.
The National Institute of Mental Health states that these symptoms could occur with the schizophrenia disorder.
Symptoms of schizophrenia usually start between ages 16 and 30. In rare cases, children have schizophrenia too.
The symptoms of schizophrenia fall into three categories: positive, negative, and cognitive.
Positive symptoms: "Positive" symptoms are psychotic behaviors not generally seen in healthy people. People with positive symptoms may "lose touch" with some aspects of reality. Symptoms include:
HallucinationsDelusionsThought disorders (unusual or dysfunctional ways of thinking)Movement disorders (agitated body movements)
Negative symptoms: "Negative" symptoms are associated with disruptions to normal emotions and behaviors. Symptoms include:
"Flat affect" (reduced expression of emotions via facial expression or voice tone)Reduced feelings of pleasure in everyday lifeDifficulty beginning and sustaining activitiesReduced speaking
Cognitive symptoms: For some patients, the cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia are subtle, but for others, they are more severe and patients may notice changes in their memory or other aspects of thinking. Symptoms include:
Poor "executive functioning" (the ability to understand information and use it to make decisions)Trouble focusing or paying attentionProblems with "working memory" (the ability to use information immediately after learning it)
("Schizophrenia." National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml.)
Schizophrenia is a interesting but somewhat dangerous disorder not only for the individual with it, but for the people around them.
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