Schizophrenia

What is Schizophrenia ?
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Although schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency, the disorder often appears earlier in men, usually in the late teens or early twenties.

Causes of Schizophrenia
There are billions of nerve cells in the brain. Each nerve cell has branches that transmit and receive messages from other nerve cells. The branches release chemicals, called neurotransmitters, which carry the messages from the end of one nerve branch to the cell body of another. In the brain afflicted with schizophrenia, something goes wrong in this communication system.

Symptoms of Schizophrenia
The symptoms of schizophrenia are defined as either "positive" or "negative."

Positive symptoms include:

Hallucinations (disordered perceptions) that may involve any of the five senses, including visual, auditory (hearing), tactile (touch), olfactory (smell) and gustatory (taste)
Delusions (distorted thoughts)
Disorganized speech
Unusual or disorganized behavior

Negative symptoms include:

Restricted emotional range ("flat affect")
Limited, unresponsive, unexpressive speech
Disordered thinking, with problems making logical connections
Trouble starting or pursuing goal-directed activity

Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
The diagnosis of schizophrenia should not be made lightly. Although it is frequently possible to tell in one meeting whether someone has psychotic symptoms, it is not possible to diagnose schizophrenia so quickly. The clinician may need to know the person for months or even years to determine whether the pattern of illness fits the description of schizophrenia. It is important to observe the course of the illness over time because psychosis alone is not enough to diagnose schizophrenia.

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