Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a well-known type of mental illness. The main incidence group of this type of disease is concentrated in young and middle-aged people. In addition, its symptoms and manifestations are not the same in each patient. In addition to cognitive disorders in thinking, emotion, and even behavior, the patient's condition is generally more recurrent, so it takes more time to treat. So what are the clinical manifestations of schizophrenia?

In fact, the causes of schizophrenia are also relatively complex and diverse. In addition to being related to some external adverse factors, it is even closely related to some susceptible qualities. Below we will give you a detailed introduction to the causes and symptoms of schizophrenia.

Causes of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a clinical syndrome consisting of a group of symptoms and is a multifactorial disease. Both susceptibility and external adverse factors may lead to the occurrence of the disease through the combined effects of internal biological factors. The factors that cause the disease in different patients may be more important in one aspect.

Clinical manifestations

1. Clinical manifestations

The clinical symptoms of schizophrenia are complex and diverse, involving perception, thinking, emotion, volitional behavior and cognitive function. The symptoms vary greatly between individuals, and even the same patient may show different symptoms at different stages or stages of the illness.

(1) Sensory disorders Schizophrenia may present with a variety of sensory disorders, the most prominent of which is hallucinations, including auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, olfactory hallucinations, gustatory hallucinations, and tactile hallucinations, among which auditory hallucinations are the most common.

(2) Thought disorder Thought disorder is the core symptom of schizophrenia, which mainly includes thought form disorder and thought content disorder. The main manifestation of thinking form disorder is the disorder of thinking association process, including the disorder of thinking association activity process (quantity, speed and form), the coherence and logic of thinking association, etc.

(3) Affective disorders Apathy and incoordination of emotional responses are the most common emotional symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. In addition, incoordination, irritability, depression, and anxiety are also common.

(4) Will and behavior disorders Most patients have reduced or even absent will, which is manifested by reduced activity, isolation, passive behavior, lack of enthusiasm and initiative, decreased interest in work and study, lack of concern for the future, and no clear plans for the future.

(5) Cognitive dysfunction The incidence of cognitive defects in schizophrenia patients is high, with approximately 85% of patients experiencing cognitive dysfunction, such as information processing and selective attention, working memory, short-term memory and learning, and executive function.

Regarding the symptoms of schizophrenia, in fact, the symptoms and manifestations of schizophrenia are more complex and diverse. When patients become ill, their most prominent symptoms are hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, etc. In addition, their thinking patterns and even some thinking connection activities will be hindered. In addition, emotions, will, cognition, etc. will also have various degrees of obstacles. Therefore, do not be afraid to seek medical treatment; timely treatment is the most important thing.