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More information about childhood schizophrenia can be found by talking to a psychiatrist. They will be best able to answer questions about a specific case, as the details of each case vary based on the person afflicted by it.

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There are a variety of schizophrenia treatments information online. Sources include WebMD or the National Institutes of Health. Mental disease blogs may direct you to a more direct source of information or local meeting groups.


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Typically characterized by delusions, paranoia, and auditory and/or visual hallucinations, not to be confused with autism. Difficult to diagnose because of a child's imagination, and differentiated from schizophrenia- which has an early adult-hood onset. May also have a separate etiology as psychosis in adulthood and adolescence. See the DSM-IV for more info.


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Dissociative Identity Disorder is thought to stem from severe, ongoing childhood trauma, whereas schizophrenia usually manifests in the late teens to early 20's. While they sometimes occur in the same person, they are not related disorders and no causality is presently known.Additional info:The answer to the question "what is similar about DID and schizophrenia?" gives different information that sounds more reliable:Although so-called schizophrenia is said to be a brain disease, while DID is acknowledged to be a psychological reaction to traumatic life events, so far no evidence has been found to support this distinction, and prove the brain disease hypothesis of schizophrenia to be true. In fact, newer research strongly indicates that both are caused by childhood trauma. Dissociation is not restricted to DID, but can be observed in schizophrenia as well. If a person is labelled with schizophrenia or DID depends on to which extent dissociation in relation to other trauma responses is predominant. If a fight, flight, or freeze response is predominant, the person will most likely be labelled with schizophrenia. If dissociation is the predominant feature she will probably be labelled with DID.


Why is childhood schizophrenia an inapproriate label for autism?

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Teenagers and young adults are most likely to get schizophrenia. Women with schizophrenia are more likely to have less severe schizophrenia and have paranoid schizophrenia, as well as developing schizophrenia at an average age of 25; men have a more severe course, with higher rates of disorganized and catatonic schizophrenia as well as developing schizophrenia at the average age of 18.


How do you know if you have a predisposition of Schizophrenia?

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How do people become schizophrenic?

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What gender is more likely to have schizophrenia?

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