Disorganized schizophrenia

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Definition

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that causes altered perceptions of the world. Subsequently, a person with schizophrenia often responds to events and people in ways that make little sense to others.

Disorganized schizophrenia, also known as hebephrenic schizophrenia, is a subtype of schizophrenia. People with disorganized schizophrenia display disorganized thinking, grossly disorganized behavior, and absent or inappropriate emotional expression. The disease significantly disrupts a person's ability to function in regular daily activities and interactions with other people.

Schizophrenia usually appears in men in their teens or 20s and in women in their 20s or early 30s. Disorganized schizophrenia tends to begin at the younger end of this age range.

Although there's no cure for disorganized schizophrenia, medications and well-coordinated mental health care services may help people manage the disease.

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