Rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia, along with medication treatment, is one of the most critical steps in helping patients with this mental illness. A properly designed and individually designed rehabilitation program assists in organizing one's life, learning a profession, finding a job, and developing social skills. Plus, it is tremendous…
Statistics show that more than half of people with schizophrenia suffer from nicotine addiction. And they smoke quite a lot - up to 2-3 packs of cigarettes daily. In some countries, for example, in the USA, 90% of people with schizophrenia are smokers. At the same time, the total number…
Schizophrenia manifests itself differently depending on its type. However, even in severe cases, it is possible to distinguish this pathology from other similar ones. With mixed types of mental disorders, everything is much more complicated. Mosaic schizophrenia is one of them. The patient has signs of several diseases and syndromes,…
The symptoms of schizophrenia are so extensive that only a few differences can list all the symptoms. It is because this disease has many forms and varieties. Moreover, each person's psyche is unique, so it is difficult to predict how exactly it will behave in the case of mental pathology.…
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that alters a patient's perception of reality. This disease was first described more than 100 years ago, but until now, doctors are still unable to figure out the exact mechanisms of its occurrence. Schizophrenia is prevalent in the modern world - four out of…
Mental disorders require careful differential diagnosis, as they have many similar symptoms. However, in the mass consciousness, they are often identified. A person with mental problems is called a schizophrenic, schizoid, or just a psychopath. In this article, we describe the features of schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia. Let's find out…
For long time schizophrenia and other psychoses in psychiatry were treated with insulin. The essence of the method was to induce a hypoglycemic coma in a patient artificially. To do this, he was injected with large doses of insulin - a hormone of the pancreas, disruption of which occurs with…
Schizophrenia takes many forms. It is one of the most complex illnesses in psychiatry, the exact causes of which are almost impossible to determine. It can develop over decades or lead to hospitalization in weeks. Sluggish schizophrenia, or low-growth schizophrenia, is the first type. It progresses slowly and unnoticed by…
Salts are synthetic drugs used in powders, pills and mixtures, including smoking mixtures. Under their influence, a person may behave inadequately. And even hallucinations and delusions can occur, which are observed in schizophrenia. There is no direct connection between this psychopathology and drugs, but we cannot exclude the latter's influence…
One of the most characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia, which is found in 80% of patients, is delusional ideas. What it is? Delusions are stable conclusions and beliefs that have nothing to do with reality. Delusion in a schizophrenic patient is one of the main manifestations of an exacerbation of the…
Schizophrenia can occur in many different ways. One type of schizophrenia is called low-grade schizophrenia. A slow course with few signs characterizes it. It can take years to develop, and the patient will not suspect any illness. Psychopathic schizophrenia was previously considered a type of sluggish schizophrenia. Today, however, it…
Neurosis is a mental disorder characterized by irritability, bursts of emotion from exuberant joy to depression, and a sharp deterioration of health - these manifestations may indicate the presence of neurosis. It is important to distinguish it from a person's natural crankiness and an anxiety disorder or neurosis-like schizophrenia. Let's…
Identifying the type and stage of schizophrenia can take months of patient observation and dozens of diagnostic tests. It is because this psychopathology has many varieties, each with its specific symptoms. They determine the methods of treatment and prevention. Recurrent schizophrenia is one of the milder forms of schizophrenic spectrum…
Gastritis is an inflammatory disease of the gastric mucosa, which can occur with different manifestations, symptoms, and stages. Its cause can be both increased acidity of the stomach, and the insidious bacterium Helicobacter Pylori. studies also show that the disease affects more and more people every year. This is due…