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To summarize:
• Psychotic Disorders
A person’s ability to think clearly, respond emotionally, and communicate effectively is severely impaired. Individuals do not have the ability to understand reality. Such individuals do not perceive things the way most other people do, and their outward behaviour highlights this fact.
• Delusional Disorders
People with delusional disorders have false beliefs about what is going on in their lives. Their beliefs, however, involve situations that could occur in real life.
• Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia, one of the psychotic disorders, is a chronic (long-lasting) mental illness that is difficult to define and easily misunderstood. Although specific symptoms may vary widely, people with schizophrenia have difficulty recognizing reality, thinking logically, and behaving normally in social situations.
• Suspected Causes (Etiology) of Schizophrenia
To date, no single cause of schizophrenia is known. It is believed by many health care professionals, that schizophrenia may result from a combination of genetic, behavioural, and other factors. Scientists do not yet understand all these factors, but with the advance of biomedical research, it is believed that several key genes that, when damaged, contribute to schizophrenia.
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