2007-01-17 12:04:58 · 10 answers · asked by Assad 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease.
Also known as mental disorder. People with schizophrenia often suffer terrifying symptoms such as hearing internal voices not heard by others, or believing that other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them. These symptoms may leave them fearful and withdrawn. Their speech and behavior can be so disorganized that they may be incomprehensible or frightening to others
2007-01-17 12:12:27 · answer #1 · answered by msjerge 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is one and the same. Schizoid Personality Disorder or SPD.
It is a cluster A personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships. A person with this disorder would be one who would live a solitary lifestyle (loner). The person generally does not show any emotions whatsoever, is rather a cold type personality. Recent stat's on this disorder have shown that less than 2% of the world population exhibits this type of disorder.
A person with this disorder has few if any close friends and does not participate in activities that include others, is resistant to sexual activities, gets very little if any pleasure out of life.
2007-01-17 20:16:11 · answer #2 · answered by michael_trussell 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being Schizoid is a personality disorder. Usually treated with medication
2007-01-17 20:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe a "schizoid" is someone who demonstrates schizophrenic behavior. So, I guess you'd say it's both: a personality disorder. I've also heard the term "schizoid affective" which I think means the person "acts" schizophrenic, but isn't really. Mental health is such a complicated issue. For example...the term bi-polar is bandied around so much and the spectrum of that disorder is huge.
2007-01-17 20:15:14 · answer #4 · answered by Lirela 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
In psychiatry we are faced with a diversity of terminology that is due to historical classification of diseases and that they are changing time by time. for example we read schizoaffective which is referred to mood, and others. At now, schizoid, itself, may not be applied to a certain disease, unless it is used along with another word. but about personality it is frequently applied, even though the word personality itself has not been defined definitely by the professionals in this field. schizoid personality explains an individual with isolation and abstract thinking, however, it is included into a normal range, unless its severity be so much that it causes a hinderance against social progress of the person.
2007-01-17 20:16:45 · answer #5 · answered by M D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
schizoid is personality disorder
2007-01-17 20:14:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Thats the personality trait. Schizophrenia is the disorder.
2007-01-17 20:08:16 · answer #7 · answered by TrofyWife 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a shortened version of schizophrenic, which is a disorder
2007-01-17 20:08:34 · answer #8 · answered by TexasChick 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
schizophrenia is a mental disorder.
2007-01-17 20:07:56 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Neither.
2007-01-17 20:12:13 · answer #10 · answered by clever nickname 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋