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Definition

Schizophrenia is a disorder of dual or multiple personality. It is considered a chronic, severe, which is characterized by loss of contact with reality (psychosis), delusions, presence of hallucinations (false perceptions), abnormal thinking and impaired social and occupational functioning of the individual.

Etiology

Currently unknown specific cause of schizophrenia but is known to have a genetic basis in addition to external factors: environmental stress and / or viral infections.

Types of Schizophrenia

• · Paranoid schizophrenia

• Disorganized schizophrenia

• Catatonic schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia undifferentiated

Paranoid schizophrenia is characterized by the presence of auditory hallucinations or delusions Read the rest of this entry »