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Disorganized Schizophrenia: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment

Disorganized schizophrenia (also called “hebephrenia”) is one of the 5 main types of schizophrenia. It is characterized by symptoms of extreme disorganization and typically develops between 15 and 25 years of age. The term “hebephrenia” is Greek for “adolescence” and refers to the fact that this subtype of schizophrenia typically has an adolescent onset. Primary …

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Paranoid Schizophrenia: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment

Paranoid schizophrenia is one of the 5 main subtypes of schizophrenia characterized by an intense paranoia which is often accompanied by delusions and hallucinations. Most people with paranoid schizophrenia have auditory hallucinations (i.e. they hear voices) and may experience delusions that people are “plotting” against them. For example, someone with this illness may believe that …

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Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Causes & Treatment

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness characterized by both positive and negative symptoms. In addition to the traditional positive symptoms like hallucinations and negative symptoms like emotional withdrawal, there are profound cognitive symptoms. It was originally thought that cognitive deficits were only found in elderly individuals with schizophrenia. However, much research has found that impaired …

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Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia. Although most people think of “hearing voices” and associate them with schizophrenia, those are just some of the symptoms. The symptoms experienced are divided into two subtypes including “negative” symptoms and “positive” symptoms. Negative symptoms usually involve subtracting something from the …

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Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Hallucinations & Delusions

Schizophrenia is a devastating mental illness that affects approximately 1% of the adult population in the United States. There are many symptoms of the illness, but a split dichotomy of what are called “positive” symptoms and “negative” symptoms. Positive symptoms are like adding something to the person’s experience such as hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, etc. In …

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Schizophrenia In Children: Childhood Onset Symptoms, Causes, Treatments

Schizophrenia in children, also commonly referred to as “pediatric schizophrenia” or “childhood schizophrenia” is a mental illness that affects individuals under the age of 18. They may display the same classic symptoms of schizophrenia, but the symptoms appear at a much younger age than is typical. Most people that are diagnosed with schizophrenia tend to …

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