2007-11-13 00:51:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
There are many different psychoses. Schizophrenia is not a single disease but a spectrum of disorders. That spectrum includes at least several psychoses. There are other psychoses than the schizoid type for example bi-polar disorder.
For a full account of the symptoms and criteria that a psychiatrist needs and uses in diagnosing these disorders type in "DSM-IV TR" in Yahoo! web search to access the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition revised. This is put out by the American Psychiatric Association. For a more succinct summary type in "schizophrenia" and "Bi-polar disorder." A number of links comes up in all cases. Wikipedia has good summaries.
This is the right place to say this for in my experience the public understanding of these disorders is usually wrong, misinformed and misunderstood. Be sure you carefully study the information in these links to fully get a familiarity with the disorders.
Good luck, good mental health, peace and Love!
2007-11-13 04:05:06 · answer #1 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The symptoms can be similar. The difference comes in the diagnosis. There are both positive and negative symptoms for schizophrenia. Positive symptoms include visual or auditory hallucinations and delusions; negative symptoms include: apathy, inability to concentrate, being withdrawn. Psychosis is a break from reality and can include some of the same symptoms as schizophrenia and can include such things as thoughts jumping around very quickly and becoming incoherent.
Info on schizophrenia here:
http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/Booklets/Understanding/Understanding+schizophrenia.htm
Info on psychosis here:
http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/Booklets/Understanding/Understanding+Psychotic+Experiences.htm
2007-11-13 09:15:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's when in internal influence, such as a voice in your mind, tells you what to do and makes you believe you have superior powers over the rest of the world. It's a sad disorder and maybe can be controlled by medication.
2007-11-13 08:57:31 · answer #3 · answered by Summer 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
loss of touch with reality is the definition of psychosis.
schizophrenia is characterized by audio-halucinations and radical thinking. sometimes failure to form basic scentences, ie: "i dog brown again". schizophrenai is hereditary and come on in the late teens, it takes 10 years to become a full blown psychosis.
2007-11-13 16:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the 1st i dont know, but what i know of schizos are that these peopels many have more then one personality that makes otehrs unable to understand them normally because its alwasy changing...i always thought psychosis was a sort of therapy for schizos..anyway goodluck in ur research..bye
2007-11-13 08:56:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Excessive obsessiveness with a single idea -- including hallucinations and inexplicable fear.
2007-11-13 09:34:41 · answer #6 · answered by Lilian B 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure..but i think...their out to get me!...Atleast thats what the voices say!.
2007-11-13 08:54:52 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, the voices and my invisible friend tell me that you might want to, what, who??? GET OFF MY BACK!!!!
IT'S ALL A CONSPIRACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THERE IS NO GRASSY KNOLL.
NO-ONE EVER LANDED ON THE MOON, IT WAS FILMED IN CALIFORNIA.
RONALD REAGAN WAS A PUPPET.
Ahem....what?
2007-11-13 08:55:53 · answer #8 · answered by tom p 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
People talk to you and only you can hear them
2007-11-13 08:54:30 · answer #9 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋