Mental Disorder-Scho

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  Schizophrenia: A mental disorder characterized  by abnormalities in the perception or expression of reality.  •  It most commonly manifests as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or  bizarre delusions, or disorganized  speech and thinking with significant social or occupational dysfunction.  Fundamental Symptoms  •  Onset of symptoms  typically occurs  in young adulthood, with around 0.4–0.6% of the population affected.  •  Depending on the individual, a person diagnosed with schizophrenia may experience  •  Hallucinations (most commonly hearing voices),  •  Delusions (often bizarre or persecutory in nature), and  •  Disorganized thinking and speech (ranging from  loss of train  of thought, to sentences only loosely connected in meaning, to incoherence known as word salad in severe cases.  •  There is often an observable pattern of  emotional difficulty, for example lack of responsiveness or motivation.  •  Impairment in social cognition •  Symptoms of paranoia, and  •  Social isolation