Schizophrenia is the most serious mental illness categorized on axis I of the Diagnosis Statistical Manuel (DSM-IV-TR). Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder. The sufferers from this mental disorder are out of touch with reality. They cannot distinguish what is happening in real life from the voices or the images that are being projected [...]
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Schizophrenia Symptoms
The symptoms of schizophrenia are usually classified as positive symptoms, negative symptoms and cognitive symptoms.
Positive Symptoms
What constitutes positive symptoms are symptoms that are psychotic; they are not seen in the regular population. These symptoms render a person suffering from schizophrenia out of touch with reality. The symptoms will come and go, and their severity [...]
Schizophrenia Treatment
The treatment for schizophrenia begins with medication. Antipsychotic drugs help relieve the symptoms caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Different therapy is used in conjunction with medication to assistant patients with schizophrenia to have a better life.
Antipsychotic medication has been used for over 60 years. The older medications are called typical [...]
Schizophrenia medication
Treating the symptoms of acute schizophrenia has always including antipsychotic drugs, these drugs have long been known to reduce the symptoms and reduce the risk of future psychotic breakdowns. There are two different stages of medication use. The first stage is required to eliminate the acute psychotic symptoms while the second stage is [...]
Schizophrenia Drugs/Meds
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder and a mental illness, which is a lifelong illness. However, it does not have to be a terrible illness that is just so overwhelming that you cannot cope with life. There are many drugs and therapies that can help you live a normal life providing you keep to medications [...]
Schizophrenia Diagnosis
There isn.t a diagnostic test, which will identify schizophrenia though research has showed some interesting abnormalities in the brain. However, there is not enough research to back up these findings at present. A diagnosis is normally done by a face-to-face doctor evaluation. Doctors will gather as much information as they can to get a [...]