Schizophrenia

A chronic severe mental disorder, that affects how a person thinks,feels,and behaves. People seem like they have lost touch with reality. Not as common like depression but the symptoms are really disabling.

 The symptoms appear usually between the age of 16-30 years, but in rare cases children may also present with symptoms. The symptoms are usually divided into three categories, Positive,Negative,and Cognitive.

  Positive symptoms are psychotic behaviors not generally seen in healthy people. These may include:

• Hallucinations
• Delusions
• Thought and movement disorders

  The negative symptoms are disturbance to normal emotions, these are:

• Reduced expression of facial emotions
• Reduced feeling of pleasure in routine life
• Difficulty in beginning and sustaining activities
• Reduced speaking

  Cognitive symptoms are related to memory and other aspects of thinking these may be:

• Poor ability to understand information
• Poor decision making
• Trouble focusing 
• Problem with working memory or the ability use information after immediately learning it.

 

   Certain risk factors including Genes and environment play a major role in the progression of this disease. Usually it runs in families as a genetic disorder, or some scientists regard the genetics as a major risk factor. No single gene causes it.
  An imbalance in the neurotransmitters probably glutamate and dopamine also play a role. Changes occurring during puberty may also trigger an onset.

 For the treatment Always consult a doctor, Self treating is always harmful.

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