Schizophrenia is a brain disorder which is quite misunderstood. Many people think it resembles split personality, which is not the case. This is a psychotic disorder, which is far from mood disorders as well. Psychotic disorders generally relate to loss of connection from the reality. In schizophrenia, a person loses the ability to differentiate between real and imaginary things, objects, occurrences and even people. Due to the unusual behavior, a schizophrenic can be identified without tedious effort, yet there are some schizophrenia tests which enable detection of the disease in a person. This test can be a questionnaire which can be provided with answers by the suspected victim, either in simple Yes or No, and with some explanation. Or one of the family members or friends of the victim can track the behavior of the person and check the items on the list of symptoms which hold true in the case of those people. Let us check out some of these

Schizophrenia – often mistaken as an illness – is a disorder of the mental well- being of a person. But, to understand the nature of the condition of a sufferer is very perplexing and petrifying experience. Teenage life is already known to have immense pressure on their mental abilities, and too much of expectations of course. Coming across schizophrenia is teenage, hence, is not a big deal. It only adds to the many problems of teenage – fear, helplessness, confusion and frustration. It is a world that the teenage sufferers of schizophrenia build on their own, where no one else can or wants to enter. Signs of schizophrenia have confirmed that the disorder completely drains the bearers and their families emotionally, mentally and physically. Teens with schizophrenia  [...]

A Brain Disease – Schizophrenia is a type of disease of the brain, wherein the normal functioning of the brain gets interfered with. It will cause the affected person(s) to behave oddly and this behavior that is being exhibited will be on the lines of disorganized behavior that is often extremely irrational. The brain is that organ of the body wherein all the feeling, thinking and understanding happen – basically it is that organ which houses the state of consciousness). When a person gets affected by schizophrenia, his/her ability to think, feel, understand or be conscious gets altered; and this, more often than not, will change their life for the worse. Symptoms – The symptoms may include – Difficulty in thinking coherently Difficulty in interacting normally with others Difficulty in carrying out everyday  [...]