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How to Find Housing for a Schizophrenic
Taking care of your loved one at home may not be in his best interest. The most important thing for a schizophrenic is to stay on medication. When you and your spouse work full-time jobs and your loved...
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Is Schizophrenia Hereditary?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about 2.4 million schizophrenics live in America. Moreover, it is estimated that 1 percent of the entire population of the world is schizophrenic....
View ArticleLong-Term Effects of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental illness with symptoms that may include hallucinations, paranoia, delusions, mood difficulties and social inadequacies. It is a difficult, isolating disease that can have many...
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About Schizophrenia & Homelessness
Homelessness among schizophrenics presents a very challenging problem for mental health professionals, medical professionals and the community in general. Learn about the risk of homelessness for...
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How Is Schizophrenia Diagnosed?
Schizophrenia is diagnosed based on signs that may have been present since adolescence, and medical exams are reviewed, as well. Find out what disorders need to be ruled out before someone can diagnose...
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Is Schizophrenia Inherited?
Schizophrenia has long been thought to run in families or to have a genetic component, but there are usually many other factors at play. Learn about the brain's regulation of neurotransmitters with...
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Signs of Schizophrenia in Children With ADHD
Signs of schizophrenia in children with ADHD usually include the development of symptoms of psychosis, but this is usually preceded by depression and high levels of anxiety. Discover why schizophrenia...
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What Is Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and debilitating brain disease that often causes bizarre behavior, disorganized speech, fleeting thoughts and hallucinations. Find out who is most often affected by...
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What Is Schizoaffective Disorder - Bipolar Type?
Schizoaffective bipolar disorder is a debilitating and frightening form of bipolar disorder that accounts for only 5 percent of people diagnosed with a serious mental illness. Because of its complex...
View ArticlePhantosmia Causes
Phantosmia is an olfactory hallucination: a person senses smells that aren't really there. These imaginary smells can range from unpleasant to enjoyable. Phantosmia can develop into olfactory...
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How to Approach a Paranoid Schizophrenic
Schizophrenia is a severe and persistent mental health condition that affects about 1 percent of the population. Symptoms of schizophrenia can impair a person's ability to function effectively in...
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What is Schizophrenic Bipolar Manic Depression?
Mental disorders are classified according to how severe an impact they have on the mind's ability to function normally. Schizophrenia is listed as a psychosis, which is one of the more debilitating...
View ArticleHow to Treat Schizophrenia Without Medication
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that has devastated hundreds of lives since the first diagnosis of it. For those whose families have been touched by schizophrenia, leading a normal life is often...
View ArticleTypes of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder which causes severe mental illness. The affected individual may have delusions, audio and visual hallucinations and bizarre behavior. People with schizophrenia...
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How Do Schizophrenic People Behave?
People with schizophrenia have varied behaviors. The symptoms and signs of schizophrenia are often expressed through a person's behavior and can range from one extreme to the other. A schizophrenic can...
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DSM-IV Codes for Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders
Psychotic symptoms have many causes. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) provides specific diagnostic criteria for mental disorders to help clinicians...
View ArticleNegative Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is an illness that makes life incredibly difficult for a number of people. For many of its victims, the negative or withdrawal symptoms of the illness are the most persistently difficult...
View ArticleHomeopathic Treatment for Schizophrenia
Homeopathic treatments can be used for a range of physical and mental illnesses and are often used as an alternative to medications. Homeopathic treatments consider the patient as a whole person and...
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How to Talk to a Schizophrenic
When talking to someone who suffers from schizophrenia, it's very important to remain calm, speak very slowly and allow the person time to respond. Contain the situation with helpful advice from a...
View ArticleWhat Are the Treatments for Hearing Voices?
The treatment for hearing voices depends upon the basis of this type of auditory delusion. Hearing voices is found in 70 percent of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and about 15 percent of...
View ArticleHow to Reduce Memory Loss in Schizophrenics
Schizophrenia is a psychotic neurological disorder that causes sufferers to abnormally interpret reality. Hallucinations like hearing “voices"; disordered thinking, speech and behavior; and delusions,...
View ArticleWhat Is the Dopamine Theory of Schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a devastating mental illness that incapacitates people and causing horrifying hallucinations and delusions appear to be real. The Dopamine Theory of Schizophrenia attempts to explain...
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How to Know If You Are Hearing Voices
Hearing someone calling your name only to turn around and find no one there can be frightening for anyone. Hearing voices, also known as auditory hallucinations, can be very difficult, as they often...
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Signs & Symptoms of Psychopathic Tendencies
According to Scientific American, psychopathy or psychopathic disorder affects approximately 25 percent of prison inmates in the United States. Psychopathic disorder is often mistaken for psychosis --...
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