| Diagnosing schizophrenia is quite a | | | | hallucinations are critical or unfriendly |
| complicated procedure involving a lot of | | | | voices. This voices may have been in their |
| spent time observing the person's actions and | | | | mind all their life, but they have been |
| way of thinking. That person may start | | | | triggered to be more aggressive by a |
| developing different symptoms like anxiety, | | | | particular event. |
| confusion and starting to be suspicious on | | | | |
| other people, mostly those that don't agree | | | | The delusions are the experiences or beliefs |
| with their view of things around; they may | | | | that the patient has regarding facts that |
| even refuse to admit the fact that they need | | | | don't exist. |
| help. Doctors have to put a correct diagnose | | | | |
| so they will look for both positive and | | | | The negative symptoms are named so because |
| negative symptoms; strange thinking, | | | | they are not noticed as easily as other signs |
| hallucinations and delusions are positive | | | | of the illness. They might be such signs as |
| signs and apathy, emotional flatness, | | | | being withdrawn, apathetic, and unable to |
| inability to concentrate, wanting to avoid | | | | concentrate. It is all so often that patient |
| people or to be protected are negative | | | | shows either a very chaotic behavior, much |
| symptoms. | | | | depending on people's response towards them, |
| | | | or a very mellow way of being sitting in a |
| Strange thinking is also a major symptom in | | | | certain spot and not moving for hours. |
| schizophrenic people. Their ideas might seem | | | | Because of this kind of actions people tend |
| a bit strange to other people making little | | | | to discriminate and ignore other persons with |
| sense to them. Logical thinking may also | | | | mental problems, making them fell depressed |
| present a problem to them. Loneliness and | | | | and isolated. |
| isolation may install because of the | | | | |
| inability of the patient to properly talk. | | | | As much as one in every hundred people is |
| | | | diagnosed with suffering of schizophrenia |
| Hallucinations are another problem in | | | | usually between the ages of 20 and 30. The |
| schizophrenia patients. According to a | | | | number of men and women found with the |
| research, up to 4% of people hear voices but | | | | illness is roughly the same, but the age of |
| that doesn't pose a problem for them. In the | | | | men tends to be smaller at the time when they |
| case of sick persons this is an entirely | | | | are diagnosed. |
| different thing: they may hear voices or | | | | |
| sounds that other people don't, this voices | | | | Diagnosing schizophrenia is quite tricky |
| being sometimes familiar, friendly or | | | | sometimes, and that is why a second opinion |
| critical. In the case of people diagnosed | | | | should always be looked after to be shore no |
| with schizophrenia the most common | | | | mistakes have been made. |