Question 1

whats residual schizophrenia?

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Schizophrenia: Is a chronic, lifelong illness marked by exacerbations and periods of remission.  Sometimes alter in life the exacerbations just don't happen anymore and this is called residual schizophrenia.

Question 2

if you get residual schizophrenia can you get it again?

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Schizophrenia : Is a lifelong illness, and though it may get better it doesn't go away.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: residual schizophrenia?

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Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia is a primary psychotic condition. See my prior description of schizophrenia regarding what is disorganized schizophrenia. Residual schizophrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia characterized by an absence of active criterion a symptoms (eg delusions, hallucinations, and/or disorganized speech/behavior) in the setting of ongoing (attenuated) schizophrenia-related role impairment.

Question 4

what is the treatment for residual schizophrenia?

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Same: If you still have residual symptoms following an initial response to treatment, you may need an adjustment of your medication(s), may have co occurring conditions that have not been addressed yet or may need other therapeutic interventions in addition to what you are being treated with. Talk to your psychiatrist.

Question 5

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 6

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 7

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 8

what causes schizophrenia?  is there a cure for it?

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

Question 9

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 10

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.

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