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Health Encyclopedia: Schizophrenia Diagnosis

Diagnosis


The doctor will use one or more verbal screening tests to help determine whether a patient's symptoms meet the criteria for schizophrenia. Because no single symptom is specific to schizophrenia, a diagnosis may be made when one or more of the following conditions is present:

  • If a patient has at least one active flare-up lasting a month or more. The flare-up consists of at least two characteristic symptoms (such as hallucinations, delusions, evidence of disorganized thinking, and emotiona...
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Expert & Community Posts

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Passive Ignorance - An Impediment to Acceptance
By Robin Cunningham , Health Expert

  For a variety of reasons, many individuals with schizophrenia don't get satisfactory treatment... Read more »

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Targeted Treatment for Schizophrenia Announced
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

One of the first targeted treatments for schizophrenia has been announced in this month's American... Read more »

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Prescription for Success
By Christina Bruni , Health Expert

Continuing my "healthy" blog entries, I'd like to give you links to some great web sites I came... Read more »

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10 Quick Facts about Childhood Schizophrenia
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

The precise cause of childhood schizophrenia is not known. As with adult schizophrenia there is an... Read more »

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Second Generation Antipsychotics no Better for Children & Adolescents
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

Just because it's newer doesn't mean it's better. This is the message to come from recent studies... Read more »

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Schizophrenia: Other Treatments
Other TreatmentsElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT), often called shock treatment, has received bad press since it was introduced in the 1940s. However, refined techniques have revived its use,... Read more »
Schizophrenia: Therapy
www.nimh.nih.gov -- National Institute of Mental Healthwww.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov -- National Mental Health Information Centerwww.nami.org -- National Alliance on Mental Illnesswww.nmha.org... Read more »
Schizophrenia: Risk Factors
Schizophrenia is the most common psychotic condition.AgeSchizophrenia can occur at any age, but it tends to first develop (or at least become evident) between adolescence and young... Read more »

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