Schizophrenia

Introduction: Schizophrenia

Description of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia (medical condition): Psychiatric disorder with delusional beliefs and hallucinations.

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Schizophrenia: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Schizophrenia: class of psychoses with disturbance mainly of cognition (content and form of thought, perception, sense of self versus external world, volition) and psychomotor function, rather than affect.
Source: Diseases Database

Schizophrenia: class of psychoses with disturbance mainly of cognition (content and form of thought, perception, sense of self versus external world, volition) and psychomotor function, rather than affect.
Source: CRISP

Schizophrenia: A severe emotional disorder of psychotic depth characteristically marked by a retreat from reality with delusion formation, hallucinations, emotional disharmony, and regressive behavior.
Source: MeSH 2007

Schizophrenia as a Disease

Schizophrenia (medical condition): See Schizophrenia (disease information).
  »Introduction: Schizophrenia
  »Symptoms of Schizophrenia
  »Treatments for Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia: Related Diseases

Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Mood disorders
• Brain conditions
• Mental illness
• Adolescent conditions
• Psychotic disorders
• Psychological disorders
• Psychiatric disorders

More information on medical condition: Schizophrenia:

• Information about Schizophrenia
• Basic Summary for Schizophrenia
• Medication Causes of Schizophrenia
• Risk Factors for Schizophrenia
• Symptoms of Schizophrenia
• Complications of Schizophrenia
• Misdiagnosis of Schizophrenia
• Treatments for Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Schizophrenia:

• paranoid schizophrenia
• schizophreniform disorder
• catatonic schizophrenia
• mania
• depression
• bipolar disorder
• post partum depression
• post menstrual syndrome
• personality disorder
• schizophrenia

Terms associated with Schizophrenia:

Terms Similar to Schizophrenia:

• schizophrenic disorder
• schizophrenic psychosis
• dementia praecox

Source - WordNet 2.1

• Dementia Praecox
• Schizophrenic Disorders

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Schizophrenia:

• Schizophrenia, Catatonic
• Schizophrenia, Disorganized
• Schizophrenia, Paranoid
• Shared Paranoid Disorder

Source - MeSH 2007

• paranoid schizophrenia

Source - CRISP

• borderline schizophrenia
• latent schizophrenia
• catatonic schizophrenia
• catatonic type schizophrenia
• catatonia
• hebephrenia
• hebephrenic schizophrenia
• disorganized schizophrenia
• disorganized type schizophrenia
• paranoid schizophrenia
• paranoic type schizophrenia
• paraphrenic schizophrenia
• paraphrenia
• acute schizophrenic episode
• reactive schizophrenia

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia and Disorders with Psychotic Features

Source - MeSH 2007

• psychosis

Source - CRISP

• psychosis

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Schizophrenia can be used for:

• dementia praecox
• hebrephrenic schizophrenia
• schizoaffective disorder
• simple schizophrenia

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Schizophrenia:

• schizoid personality

Source: CRISP

The description of Schizophrenia may also be used for the following terms:

• childhood schizophrenia

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Schizophrenia

The following list attempts to classify Schizophrenia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• psychosis
• mental disease,mental illness,psychopathy
• mental state,psychological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Mental Disorders
  • Schizophrenia and Disorders with Psychotic Features
    • Schizophrenia

External links related to: Schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia Referral Guideline
• Antipsychotic medication versus placebo for people with both schizophrenia and learning disability (Cochrane Review)
• Electroconvulsive therapy for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• Depot pipotiazine palmitate and undecylenate for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• Art therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses (Cochrane Review)
• Depot fluphenazine decanoate and enanthate for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Schizophrenia : Article by Paul S Gerstein, MD
• COCHRANE SCHIZOPHRENIA GROUP abstracts
• Beta-blocker supplementation of standard drug treatment for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• Music therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses (Cochrane Review)
• OMIM - SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCZD
• eMedicine - Schizophrenia : Article by Frances R Frankenburg, MD
• OMIM - DISRUPTED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA 1; DISC1
• Lithium for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• Risperidone versus typical antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• Cognitive behaviour therapy for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• Depot haloperidol decanoate for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• Chlorpromazine versus placebo for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• OMIM - SCHIZOPHRENIA 2; SCZD2
• New generation antipsychotics for first episode schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• schizophrenia - General Practice Notebook
• Haloperidol versus placebo for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• Family intervention for schizophrenia (Cochrane Review)
• Carbamazepine for schizophrenia and schizoaffective psychoses (Cochrane Review)

Source: Diseases Database

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