Schizophrenia

What is Schizophrenia?

　It is a disease that makes it difficult to organize the mind, thoughts, and other brain activities. It often interferes with mood, activities, and relationships.

　And it can be divided into positive symptoms, in which things happen that did not happen when the person was healthy, and negative symptoms, in which things that existed when the person was healthy disappear.

　The cause of the onset of schizophrenia is currently unknown. However, it is believed that it may be caused by stress from tension at work or stress caused by interpersonal relationships. Schizophrenia affects less than one in 100 people, making it a familiar illness.

Positive symptoms

Positive symptoms include

Imagination
　It is a symptom of believing that some things are actually not there. They include paranoia, in which they believe they are being harassed, and relational imagination, in which they believe that certain events or actions are related to them.

illution
　These symptoms include auditory hallucinations, such as hearing bad words or rumors about oneself even though they are not true, and visual illusions, such as seeing things that should not be there.

Thinking Disorder
　It is a symptom of a confused mind, a loss of coherence in thinking and a lack of context in conversation.

Negative symptoms

Negative symptoms include

・Lack of motivation
・Lack of emotion
・Withdrawal