Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Five Areas of Disturbance

<Tab/>Schizophrenia is defined as a group of psychotic disorders involving major disturbances in perception, language, thought, emotion, and behavior; the individual withdraws from people and reality, often into a fantasy life of delusions and hallucinations. Schizophrenia means 'split mind,' but the name really refers to the fragmenting of thought processes and emotions found in schizophrenic disorders. Schizophrenia is characterized by psychological disturbances in five areas; perception, language, thought, affect (…

…the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia, but has shown variable benefits against the behavioral symptoms of the disorder. Even when patients with schizophrenia are relatively free of psychotic symptoms, many still have great difficulty with communication, motivation, self-care, and establishing and maintaining relationships with others. As a result, many with schizophrenia not only suffer thinking and emotional difficulties, but lack social and work skills and experiences as well. source:psychology in action, 6th edition, karen huffman