Hypochondriacal schizophrenia, also known as somatic or delusional disorder, is a type of schizophrenia in which a person has delusional beliefs that they have a serious physical illness or medical condition despite there being no evidence to support their beliefs. They may also exhibit symptoms such as anxiety and depression…
Memory impairment in this type of disorder causes many problems. A person may lose professional skills, forget their past, lose the ability to speak and walk or become a little forgetful. It depends on the nature of the damage to the brain. Memory in schizophrenia almost always suffers but depends…
Suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts are among the classic symptoms of schizophrenic disorder. According to statistics, about 40% of people with schizophrenia attempt suicide at least once, and in half of the cases, they are successful. At the same time, many patients decide to take such a step after hospitalization.…
Schizophrenia is a mental illness whose etiology is not fully understood. Genetic factors are considered to play a certain role in the development of the disease. The risk of mental deviations also increases if there are relatives with schizophrenia in the family. The stress diathesis model is considered an influential…
There are many mental disorders, syndromes, and pathologies. At the same time, they have similar symptoms and signs that can confuse the average person. Even an experienced physician may need more than one month of patient observation to diagnose accurately. In modern psychiatry, two major diseases are schizophrenia and bipolar…
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric pathology in which hallucinations, delusions, unpredictable behavior, and personality deterioration are noted. The patient is forced to take medications throughout his life to stabilize his condition. However, taking such medications can lead to weight gain. The patient needs to arrange a proper diet. Let's find out…
In psychiatry, such a disease as senile schizophrenia is the subject of heated debate. The essence of debates is the following. Some specialists consider this form of the disease to be only a variant of typical schizophrenia, which manifested at a late age. Others are convinced that senile schizophrenia is…
Schizophrenia has many clinical variants, which are differentiated by the number of symptoms and the rate of progression. The more dangerous are the continuous current ones, as they cause a disintegration of the personality sooner or later. Juvenile malignant schizophrenia is one such type. It develops early and rapidly, leading…
One of the main features of schizophrenia is its unpredictability. It can develop according to various scenarios, which are quite difficult to predict. It is connected with the absence of exact knowledge about the reasons for psychopathology and various types of its manifestation. Resistant schizophrenia is observed in cases when…
The words "schizoid" and "schizophrenia" have the same root, which in Greek means "cleavage. However, it is impossible to identify these concepts. The former is used both to characterize a personality characterized by a withdrawn character and to describe a disorder. The second is psychopathology. In this article, we will…
Scientists have identified many types and types of schizophrenia, described hundreds of symptoms and developed dozens of treatment methods. However, the exact causes of schizophrenia have not yet been identified. In the majority of cases, the issue is genetic activity. For a long time, schizophrenia could be a consequence of…
Remission in schizophrenia is a period when the patient has no symptoms of the pathology and feels well in general. But it does not mean complete elimination of the illness. Periods of remission can be of different duration. To understand when and under what conditions stabilization is possible, you need…
Dementia is acquired dementia, an intellectual disorder with a permanent decline in cognitive activity. It manifests in the loss of old skills and the inability to acquire new ones. More often, this form of dementia is observed in old age. Moreover, it often develops in the background of schizophrenic disorders.…
Schizophrenia and autism are both neurological disorders. Both disorders manifest themselves in impaired brain function and affect social behavior. These pathologies have a lot in common but also many differences. Such diagnoses as autism and schizophrenia are sometimes confused with each other. It is because they share common characteristics. These…