What are symptoms of schizophrenia?

Question

i need to know.

it's important.

Answer 1

You might check out these websites:



http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publicati...

http://www.nami.org

http://www.schizophrenia.ca/files/Rays_o...

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizop...



They have a lot of very good information on schizophrenia.  The first three websites have booklets in pdf format that you can download and save for future reference.



There is also an excellent book, "Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Patients, and Providers" by E. Fuller Torrey, Fifth Edition.  I know Barnes & Noble has it.  Amazon.com only has the 4th edition.  That is very good reading and tells a lot about schizophrenia.

Answer 2

Many signs of schizophrenia and one is........ They think someone is watching them, or someone is listening to their phone calls to name a couple. My step twin brother and sister have a mother thats schizophrenia and she went missing and they found her in the city, under a tree and she said she was taking care of it and had been there for 3 months without a shower or bath. They also tend to think they are better when they start taking their medication which is what happens, but then they say to themselves that they are better and stop taking their meds, which sends them looney again.

Answer 3

Hallucinations (seeing, hearing, feelings things that aren't there)

Delusions (thinking someone is out to get them or harm them)

Disorganized Thoughts (jumping wildly from subject to subject, or speaking in incoherent sentences called 'word salad'. Not every schizophrenic has 'world salad')

Disorganized Behavior (unpredictable or inappropriate emotional responses, a decline in overall daily functioning, behaviors that appear bizarre and have no purpose)