How do you identify Schizophrenia

How can you identify Schizophrenia?

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The onset of schizophrenia is gradual and not dramatic. However there are a few common symptoms which mark the illness. Loss of interest and social withdrawal: The person starts losing interest in his work, studies, family and friends. He i…

How to Identify Signs of Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia is a brain disease that causes hallucinations, delusions and paranoia. This can be a terrifying disease if you have no idea what you are dealing with. This Read More

Does It Identify Nuclear Schizophrenia?

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Related Questions Answered on Y!Answers

is there a particular smell to identify schizophrenia?

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A: No, however, there is often a smell found among people with schizophrenia due to the extremely poor hygiene and ADLs which is part of the schizophrenia.

Who Identified Schizophrenia?

Q: Who identified schizophrenia? Who first “knew” what it was? Please help – for a book report, I need a website where you found your information, thanks!

A: According to Nevid, Rathus, and Green (1996), “modern conceptualizations of schizophrenia have been largely shaped by the contributions of (Emil) Kraepelin, Eugen Bleuler, and Kurt Schneider.”Emil Kraepelin did a lot of research on schizophrenia in the 1800s and called it dementia praecox. In 1911, Bleuler renamed it schizophrenia from the Greek terms schistos (cut or split) and phren (brain). He based that on the split in thinking patterns sometimes seen. He also described what are known as the 4 “A” of schizophrenia (major symptom areas of associations, affect, ambivalence, and autism). Schneider, in the early to mid 1900’s, did lots of research into how to catagorize symptoms od schizophrenia (at least the symptoms that were recognized at that time).A great book to consult for a description of past research into schizophrenia is “surviving Schizophrenia: A manual for families, consumers, and providers. 1995, New York, harper perennial (see if there is a newer version, but still a great book!)Also consider reading the schizophrenia section of the DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual fourth ed.), which is the manual used to diagnose psychiatric disorders in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, and others)As far as a website. You could start with the National Institute of Mental Health website :http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtmlor the national alliance on mental illness (NAMI):http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=54&ContentID=23036or the Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizophrenia/DS00196/UPDATEAPP=false&FLUSHCACHE=0I would advise you to avoid sites like wikipidia which are user edited (by individuals who are not necessarily mental health professionals). While such sites can be very valuable as starting points for research, and have their place – their place is not in your reference section, in my opinion as a doctoral student in psychology.

If you can only identify one symptom of schizophrenia, does it mean you have it?

Q: i.e. ‘Believing thoughts aren’t yours’

A: I wouldn’t attempt to self diagnose if I were you. If you seriously have worries about how you are feeling or have things that are worrying you about your mental health I’d see a professional about it. Good luck.