Question 1

heard the term disorganized schizophrenia?

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Disorganized schizop: Disorganized schizophrenia or hebephrenic schizophrenia
is one of several types of schizophrenia. The hallmarks of disorganized schizophrenia are psychoses; and speech and behavior that are inappropriate and don't make sense.  At times it is difficult for them to communicate with others and they may not be able to complete daily activities. Severe form.

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: disorganized schizophrenia?

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Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia is a primary psychotic condition characterized by at least one month of 2 or more of the following: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and/or behavior, and/or negative symptoms. It impairs life role functioning and must be present for at least 6 months. Disorganized type in general has the worst prognosis and includes prominent disorganization of speech, behavior & affect.

Question 3

do you have to have delusions to have disorganized schizophrenia?

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No: While there may be some delusions in disorganized schizophrenia, the prominent feature in disorganized schizophrenia is disorganized thought or behavior.  Disorganized thought manifests as illogical and nonsensical.

Question 4

what sort of disorders can schizophrenia cause?

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That's the illness: Pts may be depressed by the limitations imposed by their severe, chronic illness.

Question 5

can you please list the common causes of having schizophrenia?

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Some causes: Genetics due play a role, but in a small percentage. Environmental factors may be involved, such as exposure to viruses or malnutrition before birth, problems during birth, and psychosocial factors. Another cause is an imbalance in the brain involving the neurotransmitters Dopamine and glutamate, and possibly others, play a role in schizophrenia. More research is needed - still a lot of unknowns.

Question 6

doctors, what are the causes of schizophrenia?

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Multifactorial: Actual is yet to be known

does involve an inherited or spontaneously acquired genetic risk and concurrent stress 

the resultant symptoms are currently believed to be contributed to by aberrant functions of neurochemicals in the central nervous system.  Ultimately, this is likely too simple of an explanation.

Question 7

what causes schizophrenia?  is there a cure for it?

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Schizophrenia : Genetically based chronic psychiatric illness. Treatment provides symptom relief.

Question 8

is there evidence that dopamine is the cause of schizophrenia?

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Hypothesis : I believe you're referring to a theory known as the dopamine hypothesis. Dopamine is a nerotransmitter which, according to the theory, is in excess. That means there's too much dopamine in the neuroreceptors, and this contributes to the symptoms of schizophrenia.

Question 9

what exactly about schizophrenia causes people to be delusional?

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At least 2 things: Either hallucination or loose association alone can initiate delusions. Often they work together to start and maintain delusions. Imagine if you hear something that is just as real as anything else, why would you not conclude that it is real, and come up with an explanation for it? Explanations can be delusional when seeded by hallucinations, or when unrelated observations get mis-associated.

Question 10

which types of deficiencies in childhood can cause schizophrenia?

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Not a cause: Deficiency of any kind is not known to be a cause of schizophrenia (a brain disorder). The precise cause of schizophrenia is unknown. Some researchers suspect that environmental factors may increase the risk of triggering schizophrenia. Viruses, toxins or malnutrition while in the womb, stressful life circumstances, and taking psychoactive drugs during adolescence are also being studied, e.g.

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