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Let’s make a reservation right away, this article is not at all a call for self-diagnosis and diagnosis, both for oneself and for other people. This is just an attempt to bring together all currently known and most common manifestations of schizotypal disorder. You should not frantically torture Google for a clinical picture, if you are not a professional in psychiatry, you still won’t be able to make an accurate diagnosis, but choosing the right course of action if suddenly someone in your environment behaved atypically is quite.
And you will be cured…
The most important thing to understand about schizophrenia is that it is not leprosy or rabies. That is, modern medicine successfully treats such patients and returns them to society. Perhaps not as quickly and simply as ARVI patients, but also quite successfully. Here it is very important to catch the right moment, it is best if the stage of the disease is initial, and an experienced psychiatrist will “catch”.
Believe me, among healthy and successful people there are not so few of those who have already overcome an unpleasant illness, they have a job, respect from colleagues, family and even children … By the way, almost everyone who has ever heard about the heredity of schizophrenia out of the corner of his ear was interested in this topic. But the very fact of the genetic inheritance of the disease or predisposition to it is still under some doubt — there is too little data, the statistical error is too large.
«Three whales» of schizophrenia
At the moment, the diagnostic procedure includes monitoring the patient for a month to confirm the presence of three types of symptoms:
- auditory hallucinations, both monologue and and dialogic character with a stimulating, approving, provocative theme, as well as visual hallucinations, delirium and super-ideas that seem to be their own the carrier is incredibly ingenious and worthy of general attention;
- explicit cognitive disorders, such as thinking, perception, speech coherence, memory and speech, as well as Attention;
- apathy and lack of will, which can alternate with bouts of aggression, as well as complete indifference to one’s own desires, loss of motivation, distorted willpower.
Does it all depend on age?
Many diseases, whatever one may say, appear or worsen at a certain age. Their occurrence can be associated with both hormonal disorders and the processes of natural cell aging. Scientists have noticed that with age, the risk of manifestation of the disease decreases sharply in people … So, for example, the chances of getting a diagnosis in adolescents aged 10-20 are no more than 17%, people aged 20-30 are diagnosed twice as often, but then the percentage of those diagnosed begins to gradually decrease: at the age of 30-40, schizophrenia affects 26% of people, and at 50 — only 14%! That is, indeed, we can say that with age, the risks of schizophrenia become lower.
How to reduce the likelihood of developing schizophrenia?
If you began to notice some behavioral anomalies and emotional oddities behind you, you should listen to the general advice of experienced psychiatrists who recommend patients at risk:
- refuse from the use of any stimulants, including alcohol, drugs and even tobacco;
- to give more time for your fitness and health, not disdaining sports and other types of active pastime;
- do not suppress emotions in oneself and not seek to withdraw on their own problems, voiced and the accepted problem is already half solved task.
And do not hesitate to turn to specialists, there is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of in seeking professional and timely help. Only a competent psychiatrist is able to quickly and most effectively bring you out of a state of disequilibrium, prescribe adequate treatment and calm you down.