Schizophrenia

=== One commonly known disorder is Schizophrenia. It is more common than some disorders because of the massive amounts of people who are diagnosed with it. People with any type of schizophrenia may have difficulty keeping friends and working, socializing, and dealing with stress. They may also have problems with anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts or behaviors. Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects more than 2 million Americans in a given year and about 24 million people worldwide. ===

==== Research suggests that men and women are both at equal ====

 environmental factors.
=Symptoms: =

· Distortions in thought content (delusions)
====· Hearing, seeing, tasting, feeling, or smelling things that do not exist (hallucinations) ====

· Disorganized speech and behavior
====· Losing interest in everyday activities, such as bathing, grooming, or getting dressed ====

· Lack of feeling or emotion
====· Having little emotion or inappropriate feelings in certain situations ====

· Having less ability to experience pleasure
=**Diagnosis:** = ====There is no laboratory test for schizophrenia at this time. ==== ====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2d2d80; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: sub; word-spacing: 1px;">The complex spectrum of schizophrenia symptoms are too complicated to exam. ==== ====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2d2d80; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 18px; vertical-align: sub; word-spacing: 1px;">They could be considered as other disorders such as: depression, anxiety, etc. ====

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Treatments:
===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #2513fb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Medications ** === ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #0abd0a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Atypical antipsychotic ** === ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #8f008f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: sub;">Conventional, or typical, antipsychotics ** === ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: sub;">Psychosocial treatments ** ===

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: sub;">**Possible effects of schizophrenia on daily life are:** ===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;">· **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7b1837; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;">Relationship problems -** === ===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c40322; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;"> Relationships suffer because people with schizophrenia often withdraw and isolate themselves. === ===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c40322; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;"> Paranoia can also cause a schizophrenic to become suspicious of friends and family. ===

==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #660566; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;">Disruption to normal daily activities -** == ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c200c2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;">Schizophrenia causes significant issues to daily functioning, like social difficulties and == <span style="color: #c200c2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">everyday tasks can become hard, if not impossible to do. A schizophrenic person’s ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c200c2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;"> delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thoughts prevent him or her from doing == ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c200c2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;">normal things like bathing, eating, or running errands. ==

==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;">Alcohol and drug abuse -** == ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c13fb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;"> People with schizophrenia usually develop problems with alcohol or drugs, they can == ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c13fb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;"> sometimes self-medicate themselves to try and relieve symptoms. == ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #7c13fb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: sub;">They might also be heavy smokers. Cigarette smoke can interfere with the == <span style="color: #7c13fb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;">effectiveness of the given medication prescribed for the person.

==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #02a702; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; vertical-align: sub;">Increased suicide risk -** == ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0fc7c7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; vertical-align: sub;">People with schizophrenia have a higher risk of contemplating and attempting suicide. == ==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0fc7c7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; vertical-align: sub;">Any suicidal talk, threats, or gestures should be taken very seriously. ==

==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0fc7c7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; vertical-align: sub;">People with schizophrenia are most likely to commit suicide whilst ==

==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0fc7c7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; vertical-align: sub;">during a psychotic episode, a period of depression, ==

==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0fc7c7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; vertical-align: sub;">and usually in the first six months ==

==<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0fc7c7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px; vertical-align: sub;">after their treatment has been started. ==



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