Bipolar Like Me - Paranoid Schizophrenia

Frequently Asked Questions about PTSD

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

Is the cause of PTSD simply a traumatic event? Although PTSD begins after a traumatic event, other factors also play an important role. The severity, type, and circumstances of the traumatic event may determine whether or ... Read more... »

Symptoms and Diagnosis of PTSD

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

There are three main kinds of symptoms that clinicians look for when diagnosing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These include re-experiencing symptoms, avoidant symptoms and symptoms of increased arousal. Re-experiencing symptoms include ways in which the person ... Read more... »

Associated Conditions of PTSD

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

Persons with PTSD often have other disorders as well, which makes it difficult for clinicians to diagnose the PTSD. In particular, major depression and substance abuse are common in people with PTSD. There may also ... Read more... »

PTSD: A Roller Coaster Life

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

From the time I was a young child until I was 17 years of age, my father and his brother raped me and in other was sexually abused me. I did tell my parents about ... Read more... »

Stress And Diet: You Aren’t What You Eat

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

"You are what you eat." How many times have you heard this statement? In a world where the food police virtually have an open book to hassle everybody about their eating habits, they hammer this message ... Read more... »

How To Help A Stressed Or Depressed Loved One

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

I receive many emails from concerned relatives, partners and friends who are trying to help a loved one suffering the torment of a stressful or depressive episode. Sometimes, it's easy to forget that people who ... Read more... »

Is There Hope for the Mentally Ill?

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

In my previous two articles, I mentioned how to be physically ill is seen as normal. Someone could have an illness, and recover from it, and no one really cares, as long ... Read more... »

Mentally Ill All Around and Not a Person to Tell

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

In the past article, I discussed how there are those people around who have at least some degree of mental illness and very few people are aware of that person or any person even ... Read more... »

Hiding Behind a Secret: The Stigma of the Mentally Ill

Saturday, April 8th, 2006

Many people are often physically ill and seek medical attention if they feel it is necessary, without hesitation. Doctors prescribe medications for everything from a common cold to yeast infections, and while the illness ... Read more... »

Undifferentiated Schizophrenia

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

The undifferentiated subtype is diagnosed when people have symptoms of schizophrenia that are not sufficiently formed or specific enough to permit classification of the illness into one of the other subtypes. The symptoms of any ... Read more... »

Residual Schizophrenia

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

This subtype is diagnosed when the patient no longer displays prominent symptoms. In such cases, the schizophrenic symptoms generally have lessened in severity. Hallucinations, delusions or idiosyncratic behaviors may still be present, but their ... Read more... »

Post-Schizophrenic Depression

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Post-schizophrenia depression describes a depressive episode that arises in the aftermath of a schizophrenic illness. Some schizophrenic symptoms may still be present but no longer dominate the clinical picture. These persisting schizophrenic symptoms may ... Read more... »

Catatonic Schizophrenia

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

The predominant clinical features seen in the catatonic subtype of schizophrenia involve disturbances in a person's movement. Affected people may exhibit a dramatic reduction in activity, to the point that voluntary movement stops, as in ... Read more... »

Disorganized Schizophrenia

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

As the name implies, this subtype's predominant feature is disorganization of the thought processes. As a rule, hallucinations and delusions are less pronounced, although there may be some evidence of these symptoms. These people may ... Read more... »

Paranoid Schizophrenia

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

The defining feature of the paranoid subtype is the presence of auditory hallucinations or prominent delusional thoughts about persecution or conspiracy. However, people with this subtype may be more functional in their ability to work ... Read more... »

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