How schizophrenia is related to the psychology?
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psychology is the study of the mind. schizo. is a mental disorder.
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panic attacks are related more to anxiety disorders, and the experience is a severe rush of adrenaline. \n\nSchizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality and by significant social or occupational dysfunction. A person experiencing untreated schizophrenia is typically characterized as demonstrating disorganized thinking, and as experiencing delusions or auditory hallucinations.\nAlthough the disorder is primarily thought to affect cognition, it can also contribute to chronic problems with behavior and emotion.\n\nDemonic possession, in supernatural belief systems, is a form of spiritual possession whereby certain malevolent extra-dimensional entities, demons, gain control over a mortal person's body, which is then used for an evil or destructive purpose. Unlike in channelling or other benign forms of possession, the subject has no control over the possessing entity and so it will persist until forced to leave the victim, usually through a form of exorcism. Many cultures and religions contain some concept of demonic possession, but the details vary considerably. Some cultures, in particular the Roma people also believe that demons can also possess animals, plants, deceased persons or inanimate objects.
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Use your search engine with keywords: +schizoprenia +paranoid +hallucinations +suicide.\n\nDig it out, chew it up, discuss it down and consult it to the right person or institution. Don't make any judgement or hope an answer merely to brand names.
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No.  I don't think they've found the exact mechanism that causes schizophrenia, but it does seem to be genetic in nature. \n\nHowever, schizophrenia could cause self-harm by creating delusions where the sufferer believed that self-harm was necessary to accomplish something that the delusion led that person to think was necessary.
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Schizophrenia is characterised by distortions of thinking and perception and is usually accompanied by emotions that are inappropriate or blunted. Typically there is a disturbance of the most basic functions that give a person the feeling of individuality, uniqueness and self-direction. For example, an individual may believe that intimate thoughts are known by others or that supernatural forces are influencing his or her actions in ways that are often bizarre. Additionally, the individual may lack insight and may not appreciate that there is anything wrong with his or her mental state.\nSchizoaffective disorder is characterised by the presence of affective (depressive or manic) symptoms and schizophrenic symptoms within the same, uninterrupted episode of illness.\n\nThe schizophrenic disorders section of the site features a range of information on schizophrenia, acute and transient psychotic disorders and schizoaffective disorders. Each condition is divided into a number of subsections which can be reached by using the left-hand menu on each page.
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Psychology is concerned with all aspects of behaviour and the thoughts, feelings and motivation underlying such behaviour.\n\n\nPsychiatry is the study of mental disorders and their diagnosis, management and prevention. Psychiatrists are medical doctors who have qualified in Psychiatry.
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I believe the science portion deals with the technicals of how everything works. Where the psychology part deals with the person.
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Schizophrenia appears to be a combination of a thought disorder, mood disorder, and anxiety disorder. The medical management of schizophrenia often requires a combination of antipsychotic, antidepressant, and antianxiety medication. Unfortunately, after the first year of treatment, only a minority of schizophrenic outpatients remain on their oral medications (Long, 1996). \nAntipsychotic medications help to normalize the biochemical imbalances that cause schizophrenia. They are also important in reducing the likelihood of relapse. There are two major types of antipsychotics, traditional and new antipsychotics. \n\nTraditional antipsychotics effectively control the hallucinations, delusions, and confusion of schizophrenia. This type of antipsychotic drug, such as haloperidol, chlorpromazine, and fluphenazine, has been available since the mid-1950s. These drugs primarily block dopamine receptors and are effective in treating the "positive" symptoms of schizophrenia.\n\nThe newer antipsychotics, serotonin-dopamine antagonists (SDAs) block both serotonin and dopamine receptors, thereby treating both the "positive" and "negative" symptoms of schizophrenia. These newer medications are effective in treating a broader range of symptoms of schizophrenia, and have fewer side effects than traditional antipsychotics.
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Hi,\nDo you mean, "Schizo-affective?"  Like:  "Schizo-affective disorder?"  If that's what you meant, I put a website that has links to a lot of information.\n\nOtherwise, "Psycho affective," would just mean something that affects your psyche: like a disease, abuse, medication; a lot of different things can be "psycho-affective."\n\nI hope this helped...
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The word schizophrenia is less than 100 years old, but the illness has probably accompanied mankind through its history. Schizophrenia can be traced in written documents to the old Pharaonic Egypt, as far back as the second millennium before Christ.
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Here you can find\n\nhttp://www.schizophrenia.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=233\n\nif you need more contact me
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Psychosis is one symptom of schizophrenia and a symptom of a type of Bipolar Disorder.  You can have Bipolar without psychosis, but you are pretty much guaranteed to be psychotic if you are diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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There are diffrences in the brains of people with schizophrenia. It involves many different areas of the brain. I would reccomend reading these two articles:\n\nhttp://www.schizophrenia.com/research/schiz.brain.htm\n\nhttp://www.schizophrenia.com/szresearch/archives/001062.html\n\nThe second one is an interesting study recently done.\n\nHope this helps a bit.
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The words "schizophrenia" and "Paranoid Personality Disorder" are simply a labels used to categorise lists of psychosocial traits that Psychiatry considers to be improper or abnormal in society. Psychiatry defines these traits as "mental illness", and promotes it as a "disease" that requires "treatment".\n\nIt is not a "disease", despite claims made in certain peoples answers here. There is NO credible scientific evidence that shows the existence of what constitutes "schizophrenia" as a biological/neurological disorder, brain abnormality or "chemical imbalance".\n\n"For a disease to exist there must be a tangible, objective physical abnormality that can be determined by a test such as, but not limited to, blood or urine test, X-Ray, brain scan or biopsy. All reputable doctors would agree: No physical abnormality, no disease. In psychiatry, no test or brain scan exists to prove that a 'mental disorder' is a physical disease. Disingenuous comparisons between physical and mental illness and medicine are simply part of psychiatry's orchestrated but fraudulent public relations and marketing campaign." Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (Neurologist, Pediatric Neurology), & Fellow at the American Academy of Neurology.\n\n"Chemical imbalance…it’s a shorthand term really, it’s probably drug industry derived… We don’t have tests because to do it, you’d probably have to take a chunk of brain out of someone - not a good idea." Dr. Mark Graff, Chair of the Committee of Public Affairs for the American Psychiatric Association. July, 2005.\n\nSymptoms that psychiatry labels as "schizophrenia" (or it's related disorders), can stem from any number of variable sources. Many people have overcome disorders such as "bipolar" and "schizophrenia" through effective megavitamin therapy and effective nutrition. A growing wealth of evidence supports that underlying nutritional deficiencies can cause even the most severe mental disorders, including "schizophrenia". [1,2,3,4,5,6]\n\nYou may also be interested to know that the work undertaken by pioneers such as Dr. Lars Martensson and the late Dr. Loren Mosher show that there is also another way - far safer and more effective than psychiatric restraint, drugs and electro-shocks. For over a decade Loren R Mosher, MD, held a central position in American psychiatric research. He was the first Chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia at the National Institute of Mental Health, 1969-1980. He founded the Schizophrenia Bulletin and for ten years he was its Editor-in-Chief. He also led the Soteria Project, which demonstrated that effective rehabilitation is possible without harmful antipsychotic drugs. Soteria provided a safe and sane environment where schizophrenic patients could stay, medication-free, with a young, nonprofessional staff trained to listen to and understand them and provide companionship. The idea was that schizophrenia can often be overcome with the help of meaningful relationships, rather than with drugs, and that such treatment would eventually lead to unquestionably healthier lives. The results were fantastic. Over just 6 weeks, patients recovered as quickly as those treated with medication in hospitals. [7,8]\n\nBottom line? Psychiatry is a belief-system, a "faith", not a science. Despite the huge marketing strategies, the so-called "research" and all the propaganda thrown at the world, there is not one iota of scientific evidence that proves that "schizophrenia" or ANY mental illness, in fact, exists as an actual --medical disease--.\n\nIf you have been told differently then know this: You have been lied to.\n\nFor more information, please visit:\n\nhttp://groups.msn.com/psychbusters\nDecoding Psychiatric Propaganda\n\nSee also http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/default.htm#S\nand http
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The science of mental health is an ongoing work of learning, hence a fair statement would be: " All the data ain't in yet!!"\n\nBut all identity disorders share a common thread. Whether Schizophrenia, Multi-personality or other...A traumatic experience in the subject's past has made it 'safer' or 'easier' for the subject to deal with life by either disassociating with one's true self, or creating ANOTHER personality that deals with the memory of the trauma in a 'more palatable' fashion.\n\nHope this helps
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It is actually spelled "psychotic."  In the technical sense this term refers to a groups of severe mental illness where the person has periods of loses contact with reality. In a less formal manner, it is used to refer to the condition of having lost contact with reality. The person experiences severe impairment in his/her ability to function. All areas of a person's life are usually effected. Common symptoms: Hallucinations, delusions, withdrawal, impairment of intellectual function, lose of personal care skills.
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Yes I did.  I wish more people knew that people with schizophrenia are not violent people, not usually.  It's actually very rare.  People with schizophrenia are just people who are tormented by hallucinations that are caused by a chemical imbalance.