Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia: is a psychological disorder that is associated with major disturbances in thought, perception, emotion, and behavior. About 1% of the population has the occurrence of schizophrenia in their lifetime, and generally the disorder is initially diagnosed during early adulthood (early to mid-20s). Most people with schizophrenia show significant difficulties in their daily activities, such as paying bills, holding a job, caring for oneself (grooming and hygiene), and maintaining relationships with others. 

Symptoms Of Schizophrenia

The major symptoms of schizophrenia contain hallucinations, disorganized thinking, delusions, abnormal  or disorganized motor behavior, and negative symptoms.

Hallucinations: is a perceptual experience without any external stimuli.

Hallucinations may be auditory hearing of the different voices.

Visual hallucinations seeing things that doesn't exist.

Olfactory hallucinations smelling different fragrances.

But the most common is auditory hallucinations.

Delusions: are beliefs that are opposite of reality and are firmly held even in the face of contradictory evidence. 

. A person with schizophrenia may believe that his brother is an agent and may poisoned his tea or his neighbor is a spy who wants to kill him.

Paranoid delusions :  It include the (fake) belief that agencies or other people are scheming to harm the person. 

Grandiose delusions:  is a belief that one holds special power, unique knowledge, that is extremely important.

somatic delusion    is a belief that something highly abnormal is happening to one’s body( ones liver eaten by snake.)

Disorganized thinking : The individual may jump from one topic to another his thoughts are disjointed.

Disorganized or abnormal motor behavior : The person engaged in repetitive movements such as rubbing his hands, giggling etc.

catatonic Type: In this psychological disorder the individual show decreased movements such as remain in one posture for long time.

Negative symptoms: Individual shoe expressionless emotions in negative symptoms. His face is expressionless.

Treatment: For the treatment of Schizophrenia antipsychotic and  atypical antipsychotics are used. The most recommended treatment of this psychological disorder is the combination of Psychotherapy and psychotropic medication.