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