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Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders that are characterized by loss of contact with reality.
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SCHIZOPHRENIA Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders that are characterized by loss of contact with reality. Characteristics may include disturbance of thought processes, such as hallucinations, insertion and delusions (positive symptoms). A second type involve disturbance of affect, such as withdrawal, apathy and displaying no, or inappropriate emotion (negative symptoms). Motor disturbances such as catatonia and rocking, and a disturbance in social functioning are also commonly found symptoms. For diagnosis the criteria are, reduced social functioning and two of the above symptoms, present for 6 months or more. In extreme cases, disturbance of thought processes or hallucinations, if bizarre enough, would be sufficient alone. A distinction was made between type 1, positive/acute functional disorders and type 2, negative/chronic organic disorders. An alternative classification is used by the DSM-1V, which includes three main subtypes. These are, paranoid (positive), disorganised ( pos & Neg) and catatonic(motor). The onset of schizophrenia...
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