Anyone heard any personal cases?
Very horrible from what I hear.
However I think many people attribute schizophrenia to jinns etc too. I sort of believe some of the stories if truth be told.
I.e. Exorcism of Emily Rose? A good film true story based on this
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i had opened a similar thread ages ago, its probably still around 
some people had posted good comments there..
but yeah its a really interesting subject to study… I watched a lot of videos about it on youtube and how most of the schizophrenia patients end up committing a horrible crime all because of their disturbed mental state..
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Does Schi (sorry can't be bothered to spell it) has any KNOWN cure? I know meds can alleviate the effects to a certain level...
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Does Schi (sorry can't be bothered to spell it) has any KNOWN cure? I know meds can alleviate the effects to a certain level...
Not sure if cure will be right word.
Early age of start is more difficult to treat.
It has many factors involved which lead to development of this disorder. Something emotionally disturbing.
Loss of job/career, death of parent, loss of love etc. as well as genetic/hereditary factors.
Some drugs effects may mimick this disease.
Treatment is both medical and behavioral. Can be very difficult at times. Environment may need to be chaged etc. People close to them get tired also.
Many people are still functional and hold jobs and career depending on the demand of work.
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Does Schi (sorry can't be bothered to spell it) has any KNOWN cure? I know meds can alleviate the effects to a certain level...
schizophrenia is a spectrum of disorders. it's not just 1 solid thing. but almost all the cases do have either auditory or visual hallucinations, as well as a feeling persecution. those that are not catatonic, their speech makes no sense at all. i mean really it doesn't (more so than yours shak ;)) as for a cure, there isn't one really. you can subside the symptoms and control them but so far there hasn't been a medication made that can cure it like it's any other ailment. there is a lot of research going on it at the moment, so maybe who knows in another, 10, 15 years?
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Schizophrenia is a disorder. its not a single disease codition. though there is currently no cure for schizophrenia, a variety of treatment options are available. These treatments are highly effective at reducing symptoms of the disorder and preventing relapse.
i have researched some treatments & therapies which work in subsiding the symptoms:
Antipsychotic Medications
Psychosocial Treatments
Rehabilitation
Individual Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy
Community and Social Support
Antipsychotic medications reduce the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia and usually allow the patient to function more effectively and appropriately. Antipsychotic drugs are the best treatment now available, but they do not "cure" schizophrenia or ensure that there will be no further psychotic episodes. these drugs are often very effective in treating certain symptoms of schizophrenia, particularly hallucinations and delusions.
The large majority of people with schizophrenia show substantial improvement when treated with antipsychotic drugs. Some patients, however, are not helped very much by the medications and a few do not seem to need them. It is difficult to predict which patients will fall into these two groups and to distinguish them from the large majority of patients who do benefit from treatment with antipsychotic drugs.
Individual Psychotherapy
Individual psychotherapy involves regularly scheduled talks between the patient and a mental health professional such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric social worker, or nurse. The sessions may focus on current or past problems, experiences, thoughts, feelings, or relationships. By sharing experiences with a trained empathic person – talking about their world with someone outside it – individuals with schizophrenia may gradually come to understand more about themselves and their problems. They can also learn to sort out the real from the unreal and distorted.
Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy
Cognitive psychotherapy, often incorporating behavioral therapy techniques, has been found to be more effective than other types of psychotherapy in treating several specific types of psychological problems, including depression and panic attacks. Sometimes this treatment approach is called cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy because of the ease with which the two approaches combine to effectively treat a variety of psychological problems. This combination of treatment techniques is also effective in the treatment of schizophrenia.
The basic premise of cognitive therapy is that beliefs, expectations, and cognitive assessments of self, the world, and the nature of personal problems in the world affect how we perceive ourselves and others, how we approach problems, and ultimately how successful we are in coping in the world and in achieving our goals. Schizophrenia results in distorted perceptions of the world, including self, and disordered or disorganized thinking. It seems reasonable that a cognitive treatment approach would be helpful in treating schizophrenia, assuming that medication is also employed to alleviate psychotic thought processes which would interfere with any psychotherapeutic interventions.
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Schizophrenia is in fact possession by Jinns (curse). No medicine can treat it except Dua's and Quran for muslims. Every religion has its cure.
Read history about Pharaoh's of Egypt.
Read famous poem of Allama Iqbal "Tu Rah Naward-e-Shoq hai, Manzil na ker kabool"
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schizphrenia is a mental illness. It has nothing to do with jinns or anything like that.
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jinn is something else n psychological disorder is somewhat different from having religious curse
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I disagree. In some cases anyway.
Virgo good post, just give the source too 
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In some cases it is because of Jinns? Really?
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No.
I mean genuine problems with Jinns etc are sometimes lumped with Schizophrenia
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No.
I mean genuine problems with Jinns etc are sometimes lumped with Schizophrenia
Yes. :)
It is because of lack of awareness and education of people from many different cultures and areas.
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i agree with shak that in some cases it related to jinn but not always
shak: i have researched it few months back when i had to prepare for my presentation in psychology n i selected this topic
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i agree with shak that** in some cases it related to jinn but** not always
shak: i have researched it few months back when i had to prepare for my presentation in psychology n i selected this topic
You researched it and found some cases are related to Jinns?
By the way, shak denied he meant this disease is related to Jinns. Not sure what you are agreeing to there.
Added: There is no such thing as possesion with Jinns also. Plain and simple myth.
Jinns would not run around and get in to human bodies. :) No one has even seen jinns or controlled jinns.
It is called hallucinations and mental gimmicks. Tricks played by peer / wicked people.
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Besides medical conditions, it is related to Jinns. In my experience 80% of the times. I have been through all this.
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Those of you relating Schizophrenia to jins, please elaborate.
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^ it must be the jinns or magic if cannot be understood..essentially that is what they will say. 
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^ It would be interesting to find out how they relate the two. :)
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^ It would be interesting to find out how they relate the two. :)
Yes. Indeed.