Question 1

what is the schizophrenia ?

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Schitophrenia: Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it hard to: Tell the difference between what is real and not real; Think clearly; Have normal emotional responses; Act normally in social situations.

Question 2

how common is schizophrenia?

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About 1%: Of general population, but may be higher or lower in certain groups. About 9% in siblings and 50% for monozygotic twins of people with schizophrenia.

Question 3

what can cause schizophrenia?

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Multifactorial: As with many medical conditions the causes of schizophrenia are not fully know. It is believed they are polygenetic, with multiple genes interacting resulting in some degree of vulnerability or resistance to the condition. This biology then interacts with environmental factors, both positive and negative which can have different effects based upon when in life or how many/often they occur.

Question 4

how is schizophrenia treated?

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Medications mainly: Schizophrenia is treated by medications called anti-psychotics. They are prescribed by psychiatrists, who also engage patients in some "talk therapy".

Question 5

how can one get schizophrenia?

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Unknown: You can not acquire or get schizophrenia, it is an abnormal thought process that patients are born with and an even or genetic signal turns the disease one.  Some disease or drugs can mimick the behaviors of all mood disorders and this can be confused as a person being schizophrenic at times.

Question 6

how bad does schizophrenia get?

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Horrible: Severe schizophrenia can destroy a person's life--and that of the family too.  Some do not respond to any available treatments or have debilitating side effects from them.  They can be constantly terrified, hounded by voices and hallucinations and plagued by horrific delusions of horrible things that are going to happen.  It frequently is a chronic disorder, so improvements may be transitory.

Question 7

how to diagnose a schizophrenia?

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Self dissociation : At leas 6 weeks of  total  lack of interest on daily activity ; audio and visual hallucination ; pressured speech ; flight of ideas and repeating words and lack of responsibility; and poor interpersonal hygiene.

Question 8

how do schizophrenia drugs work?

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Dopemine: They adjust the amount of dopamine, a neurotransmitter chemical, available to nerve cells.

Question 9

how debilitating is schizophrenia?

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It depends: Schizophrenia is a chronic disorder for which there is no cure. However, the newer medications have significantly improved the functioning of those with this diagnosis. It is therefore important to get started on and stay on the right medication.

Question 10

will they ever cure schizophrenia?

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Unknown: Truly curing schizophrenia will require not just a drug, but whole communities and family  supports.  In many cases it will require a whole social re-education process once someone is no longer psychotic, to learn to live and interact with others.  The medications we have now manage symptoms only, and do not actually "cure."  hopefully this can improve with focused research and creative therapies.

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