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What is schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia is a mental illness in which the person suffers from distorted thinking, hallucinations, and a reduced ability to feel normal emotions.

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What is schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia is a serious brain disorder that distorts the way a person thinks, acts, expresses emotions, perceives reality, and relates to others...

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What is schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects some 2.2 million American adults, most often before the age of 30. It interferes with the way a person...

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What are the symptoms of schizophrenia?

Symptoms of schizophrenia are divided into the following categories: Delusions: This includes false ideas about other people, commonly thinking that...

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What is meant by "positive" and "negative" symptoms of schizophrenia?

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are those attributes that are added to the personality, such as delusions or hallucinations, indicating the person...

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Do all people with schizophrenia act the same?

No. There are five types of schizophrenia, some overlapping, but each affecting behavior in a different way. They are: Paranoid schizophrenia: This...

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How is schizophrenia diagnosed?

Most people with schizophrenia have a clusters of symptoms, some of which can overlap with other mental illnesses, including depression, or more...

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What are the risk factors for schizophrenia?

The main risk factor is heredity, with the incidence rising from 1% in the general population to nearly 10% in those whose parents or siblings have...

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What causes schizophrenia?

No one knows what causes schizophrenia for certain, but researchers believe it is a combination of genetics, which increase the risk, and...

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How is schizophrenia treated?

The mainstay treatment for schizophrenia is antipsychotic drugs, medications that work to alter brain chemistry. Older antipsychotic drugs, including...

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Are people with schizophrenia dangerous to themselves or others?

If symptoms are under control and medication regimens are adhered to, there is very little chance that a person with schizophrenia will be a threat...

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Are there any early warning signs of schizophrenia that parents should look for in their teen or young adult children?

Because the teen years are a time of change, with many mood swings and behaviors that seem abnormal, it can be difficult to pinpoint very early signs...

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What causes schizophrenia?

Like many other illnesses, schizophrenia is believed to result from a combination of environmental and genetic factors. All the tools of modern...

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Can schizophrenia be inherited?

Scientists have long known that schizophrenia runs in families. It occurs in 1 percent of the general population but is seen in 10 percent of people...

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Do people with schizophrenia have faulty brain chemistry?

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