How to diagnose a schizophrenia?

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.

Difficult: Diagnosing schizophrenia early on, is difficult but critical. Look for new problems in school or on a job. Pay attention to social isolation and new onset of odd beliefs. When in doubt, consult a professional. Early treatment leads to the best outcomes.

What's Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia is a brain disease affecting one percent of the population. It usually begins in one's late teens or early 20s and is characterized by a disturbance of one's thoughts called psychosis. Psychosis is when a person has delusions and/or hallucinations. Other conditions can cause psychosis as well. The most common form is paranoid schizophrenia.

Psychiatric eval: By definition, schizophrenia is about psychosis. Psychosis means the patient is getting external stimuli from the environment through one or more of his or her five senses, that does not objectively exist. In other words there are auditory,visual, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile hallucinations that can be experienced by the patient. Auditory hallucinations, however, are the most common.