Medium urgency
-Moderately severe
Chronic and deteriorating disease that is characterised by thought, behavioural and speech alteration. It is more frequent during a person's twenties, being more prevalent in men.
Its main symptoms are hallucinations (hear, see, smell or taste things that don't exist), delirium (believe in things that aren't real), disorganised thoughts and speech, less capacity to show emotions and, in some cases, it can present facial lack of expression and immobility.
To reach a diagnosis, the symptoms must persist for at least 6 months and, a psychiatrist, in the presence of those symptoms and having ruled out other causes, confirms the suspected diagnosis.
Treatment combines drugs, psychotherapy and/or behavioural treatment.
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Dr. Abel Andrés Orelogio
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