"Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling, thought, and conduct;" websters dictionary.

The word psychotic is defined as hallucinations or delusions. Schizophrenia is referred to as having psychotic symptoms. Schizophrenia is a disorder that lasts a minimum of six months. Some symptoms are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and catatonic behavior.

Schizophrenia appears to be very complex and no one definition can completely describe it. Each person with Schizophrenia seems to differ in their symptoms.

It obviously makes it hard for someone with Schizophrenia to decipher what is real and what is not. It also affects all kinds of people of different shapes and sizes. Most people with Schizophrenia can lead almost normal lives. If they get the proper help.

No one understands exactly what causes Schizophrenia, although research is progressing rapidly. Some areas that are being studied are;

Schizophrenics seem to have a neurochemical imbalance. Biochemists research neurotransmitters. Neurot

ransmitters are what allow communication between nerve cells.

Their is no treatment for Schizophrenia. Although they do have medications that supposedly help. Some people only have one episode of Schizophrenia, others have many and sometimes people have it for their entire life. In that way it is kind of like Asthma. For some people little things will trigger it like running, for others they always have trouble with it, and sometimes you will only have one Asthma attack in your entire life.

There are five different subtypes of Schizophrenia; Paranoid type, Disorganized type, Catatonic type, Undifferentiated type and Residual type. One of the main symptoms of the Paranoid type is distinct hallucinations or delusions. Other affiliated symptoms are anxiety, aloofness, anger, and argumentativeness. Disorganized type basically explains itself. It has to do with disorganized speech, behavior and flat or inappropriate affect. Catatonic type is characterized by psychomotor disturbance. Such as motor immobility, hyperactivity and odd behavior. Undifferentiated is when the criteria for Schizophrenia is met but the criteria for Paranoid Catatonic and Disorganized is not met. Residual is when th

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