| Schizophrenia, witch in Greek mean split mind, is a | | | | Disorganized thinking and disorganized speech are also |
| brain illness that affects 1% people all over the world. | | | | present to the patients with schizophrenia. It is what |
| The persons can be young or older, women or men, | | | | we call "thought disorder" or " word salads". Other |
| it doesn't matter. It's diagnosis can be more difficult | | | | disorganized symptoms are: difficulty understanding, |
| than it might seem because the symptoms of | | | | poor concentration, poor memory, difficulty |
| schizophrenia can be similar at times to other major | | | | expressing thoughts, difficulty integrating thoughts, |
| brain disorders such as bipolar disorder or even major | | | | feelings and behavior . |
| depression. | | | | Catatonic behavior is a characterized by stupor |
| Schizophrenia is characterized like a disruption in | | | | inactivity - patient can stand still for a long period of |
| cognition and emotion, affecting the most | | | | time, staring at something, and nothing can not |
| fundamental human attributes: language, thought, | | | | disturb him. |
| perception, affect, and sense of self. If this human | | | | From negative symptoms we remember: lack of |
| attributes are affected, can you imagine how it is like | | | | emotion – the inability to enjoy activities as |
| to be a schizophrenic person? Even not, it is sure | | | | much as before, low energy – the person sits |
| that is not very pleasant. | | | | around and sleeps much more than normal, and lack |
| Schizophrenia symptoms are divided into three | | | | of interest in life and low motivation. |
| categories, witch are: positive symptoms, | | | | And all this signs of schizophrenia appear because the |
| disorganized symptoms, and negative symptoms. | | | | brain doesn't work properly, dopamine and glutamate |
| Most commons symptoms are delusions - patients | | | | neurotransmitters are probably the cause. |
| are thinking that are somebody but in fact they | | | | In present, the scientists try to find a proper |
| aren't, and hallucinations - hear voices, see something | | | | treatment regarded to dopamine and glutamate |
| that isn't there, think that they are being watched, | | | | neurotransmitters, and it might work. |
| etc. | | | | |