1. Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia can be defined as "a disorder with a range of symptoms involving disturbances in content of thought, form of thought, perception, affect, sense of self, motivation, behavior, and interpersonal functioning" (Halgin 514). ... To be diagnosed with Schizophrenia, one must display 2 or more of the following for at least one month: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative symptoms (First 285). ... There are several different types of schizophrenia, including the Paranoid type, where one is preoccupied with delusions and auditory...
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