Schizophrenia is a life-altering mental disorder that makes the person suffering from it unable to live a normal life. It causes a person to forget the difference between reality and imagination in their lives.
Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders
This includes several factors that need to be treated such as:
- Delusions
- Hallucinations
- Disorganised thinking or speech
- Disorganised or abnormal body functions & movements
- Social isolation, etc
It is unclear what are the exact causes of this disease but it can be noted that it is some combination of genetics,environment & brain chemistry. It is also noted that long-time substance abuse could also be a cause.
The complications that follow with this disease and many other psychotic disorders can be:
- Suicidal thoughts/attempts
- Anxiety or OCD behavioral tendencies
- Depression
- Substance abuse
- inability to be part of social structures or have a social life
- Financial problems due to the inability to sustain work
