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Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders

Psychotic disorders can be defined as a severe disconnection with reality, including by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized or agitated behavior without insight. Schizophrenia, Delusional Disorder, Brief Psychotic Disorder, Schizophreniform Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder and Shared Psychotic Disorder are some of the psychotic disorders you may encounter. Talk about them on this forum.

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Uncontrolled motions in schizophrenia as a result of therapy

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I do have to admit that I am a complete layperson when it comes to schizophrenia, but I am concerned about a theory I heard that therapy can result in uncontrolled motions. There is a person with schizophrenia in my family and I would like to learn more about this theory, because of that. Any...

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Psychotherapy in the treatment of schizophrenia

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I am interested in hearing more about the role that psychotherapy plays in the treatment of schizophrenia. Which is more important in the contribution to the well being of a person who suffers from schizophrenia? Is it medication or psychotherapy? I would be very interested in hearing more about...

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Can schizophrenia affect social relations and how?

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I am hoping you can give me an insight into the life of people with schizophrenia. I would be especially interested in finding out if schizophrenia can affect the social relations a person who suffers from the disease is able to form, and if so, how this is the case. I do not know much about...

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What is the suicidal rate in schizophrenia?

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I am in the process of learning more about schizophrenia and I would like to get some information about the suicidal rate in schizophrenia. I did read somewhere that most people suffering from schizophrenia feel suicidal at one pint or another, but I have no statistics to back this up. Any good...

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What kind of tactile hallucinations can happen in schizophrenia?

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An acquaintance of mine has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She has always had a lot of mental health problems and was always in and out of mental health clinics. She was even committed once. I went to visit her in the clinic she is currently staying at and I heard she is experiencing...

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Catatonic disorder in schizophrenia

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Some doctors claim that catatonic disorders can be very closely related to schizophrenia. How does this work? I mean, what is the manifestation of this combination in a patient? And how is this usually treated? I am not a doctor or anything, just someone who is very curious about everything medical,...

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Silence and passivity in schizophrenia

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I have recently started volunteering at a local mental health center, where there are many schizophrenia patients. I have noticed many of them, during the worst of it, just kind of sit there and do nothing and say nothing. Is this kind of silence and passivity normal in schizophrenia? I am looking...

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mental illness depression helppp!!

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i am suffering with a mental illness but doctors tell me i have depression a year or so ago i was diagnosed with psychotic mental illness and after a month on antidepressants and still get strange thoughts and feelings that something bad is going to happen my gp reffered me to the mental health team...

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Schizophrenia, age, and physical health?

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I was diagnosed with schizophrenia a few years ago, specifically schizo-affective disorder. It began when I was 18 and I did not realize, though I had a few suspicions, till I was 24. It started in the form of parsitosis and morphed into something else. I then began to take opiates because it...

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