What is schizophrenia and what are the symptoms

What is Schizophrenia? What are the symptoms?

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Here is what the DSM (the diagnostic and Statistical manual of mental disorders, or the “psychiatrist’s bible”) defines as the criteria for schizophrenia: Diagnostic Criteria for Schizophrenia A. Characteristic symptoms: Two (or m…

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Halari R, Mehrotra R, Sharma T, Kumari V. Schizophr Bull. 2006 Oct; 32(4):751-7. Epub 2006 Jun 7.

How to Recognize the Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that commonly affects young adults between the ages of 18 and 45. However, occasionally young children and older adults will also develop the disorder in times of…

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Could you have schizophrenia symptoms without being schizophrenic?

Q: I have been having symptoms similar to Schizophrenia. Alucinations, problems of speech, feeling no emotion. I was wondering if you can have these symptoms for a while for some reason and not develop schizophrenia. (I recently stopped taking a medicine).I wonder if this symptoms will go away

A: BH’s Brother- that doesn’t make sense. Of course you can have a symptom of something and not actually have it. (It can also be a symptom of something else)Often schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are confused because sometimes the symptoms can be extremely similar. (Both can include hallucinations, mood swings, confusion/disorder, etc…) It all depends. Schizophrenia won’t go away without medication, bipolar sometimes does (though sometimes it will come back stronger)

What would outsiders see at the onset of schizophrenia symptoms?

Q: Would 16 likely be too early for these manifestations to appear? What symptoms would appear as the disease progressed?

A: Anger. Sadness. Drug abuse. Grades drop at school. Not able to concentrate. My son started the above symptoms around 17. And, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 20, when he started hearing voices, and talking to himself.

What is the youngest age that schizophrenia symptoms can manifest?

Q: Like can a 3 year old show symptoms?

A: hmmmmm ask a psychiatrist♦