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Schizophrenia: Psychotic Disorder

Nagashree Kotturi

Schizophrenia is a severe brain disease, which makes the person difficult to communicate with others, respond emotionally and to make decisions. Psychosis is a major symptom of schizophrenia. Abnormalities in brain may lead to development of Schizophrenia, which includes symptoms like mood disorders to suicidal tendency. The disease can be diagnosed by observing the symptoms, thus the patients can be treated with antipsychotics.