SCHIZOPHRENIA

DEFINITION:

“a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.”

 
 

The illness of Schizophrenia, signs and symptoms.

• Believing that what other people are saying is not true (delusions)
• Hearing, seeing, tasting, feeling, or smelling things that others do not experience (hallucinations)
• Disorganized speech and behavior
• Losing interest in everyday activities, like bathing, grooming, or getting dressed
• Feeling out of touch with other people, family, or friends
• Lack of feeling or emotion (apathy)
• Having little emotion or inappropriate feelings in certain situations
• Having less ability to experience pleasure