History of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental illness where the persons thinking, perceptions, emotions and behavior are extremely distorted. It is estimated that 1 person in 100 suffers from Schizophrenia. Those suffering from this illness today are luckier that those who suffered from it in the past because of advanced treatments, both medical and psychosocial that are getting more effective with time.
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Alix As a carer patient needs plenty of rest and sleep. He does all sorts of odd jobs"with gusto" but tends to"burn out" then need to sleep. After a long [eriod of behaving difficulty in concentration he has now started reading. He finds concentration difficult, but is pursuing this through his reading. He likes quiet, but compaany within reach. 10/26/2009
joseph bullock can a person with schizophrenia get married and have kids? 2/25/2009
A. Person Regarding "A person suffering from schizophrenia is not a violent person" is inaccurate. The rate of violence in the popluation as a whole is not small, and schizophrenics have a slightly higher rate, on the average, according to Monahan.
The other two about development are also inaccurate. Long term followup studies suggest that people who later develop schizohprenia probably start out with a half a standard deviation less than average IQ and after schizophrenia onset have about a full standard deviation less. Golden did a neat factor analysis of about 300 schizophrenia folk who had been given the Halstead Reitan battery, and found some subtypes score quite poorly, and to get normal neuropsych scores one needed to have an IQ in the 115 to 120 range. Cognitive deficits is seen as both a primary marker and a solid predictor (more cognitive deficits, worse outcome) in schizophrenia, and currently various drug companies are working on drugs to improve the cognitive deficits.		 4/25/2008
; Code. I was diagnosed with [ADHD, ODD] But i feel i was miss diagnosed, I feel the symptoms of Schizopheria, I feel out of place, My mind just dont stop thinking, I feel useless, I sometimes even think of suicide, Im lost and i feel i wont return, Hope yous all get better. 3/17/2008
jnqwdhw you need to have more details 1/15/2008
Michelle My boyfriend has schizophrenia, it is sometimes difficult for myself! Is it anything that I can do to help make it less stressful for both of us. Especially me. 1/4/2008
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