Schizophrenia Test

This schizophrenia test represents a quick way to discover if you encountered any schizophrenia symptoms or if you might suffer from this mental disorder. Below the form you can read more about this concern and an example message.


Instruction: Please answer all the questions in the four sections below!

Section 1 of 4

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Does it often happen to you to hear, see or perceive things that other people cannot?

2

Do you often have difficulties expressing your thoughts and feelings, so that you have the sensation people around you didn't get your speech correctly?

3

Does it often happen to you to believe that other people are united to complot against you?

4

Do you often have an extreme reaction to criticism?

5

Do people around you often say about you that you use words in a strange way and that they cannot understand you easily?

6

Does it often happen to you to be surprised by the course of the events, because you thought on them in a totally different way?

Section 2 of 4

7

Would you rather suspect people of false kindness rather than they are really happy to help you with something?

8

In the last few weeks did you neglect your personal hygiene?

9

Do you often experience oversleeping or insomnia problems?

10

Do people around you often say that you are forgetful?

11

Do you often experience lack of motivation, while not having any solution against it?

12

Does it happen to you to strongly believe that others are jealous on you because you have something they don't?

Section 3 of 4

13

Does it often happen to you to be afraid of things that are in the control of others, because you can't trust people's real intentions?

14

Do you almost every time avoid eye contact when speaking to people around you?

15

Do you prefer isolation instead of participating in different social activities?

16

Do you often tend to strongly believe that none of the things you are interested in are common to people around you, so that there's nothing in common between you and other people?

17

Do you often suspect people around you that they are talking about you when you are not present in the discussion?

18

Does it often happen to you to strongly believe others have a great control on what you feel and think, so that it worries you all the time?

Section 4 of 4

19

Do you often stress because you cannot trust what you think or because you don't have the confirmation that it is real or not, correct or not?

20

Do you often think that your body is not functioning properly, so that an incurable disease is going to affect you?

21

Do you rarely experience pleasure, satisfaction or contentment in any of your activities, or in life in general?

22

Does it often happen that you cannot make people around you understand your message, so that they lose their concentration while you still try to convince them?

23

Do you often tend to believe that a major catastrophe is about to occur or that something bad will happen, all for no particular reason?

24

Do you often tend to strongly believe that you have a talent, quality, importance and/or power that nobody else has?

Disclaimer: Please note that only a licensed medical professional has the authority to officially diagnose Schizophrenia. This test should NOT be considered a substitute for any professional mental health service.

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How does this schizophrenia test work?

This is a quick personality test designed to help you see if you may have the symptoms commonly associated with the schizophrenic disorder. There are 24 questions that you need to answer to and they comprise of the most common signs of this mental disease.

Once you answer all the questions in the schizophrenia test, your choices will be analyzed and then you will be returned a percentage of the presence of disorder signs meaning how many schizophrenic symptoms you may have confronted with so far together with a short level description.

You should note that the above test is NOT to be considered a substitute for any professional medical/mental health service.

Example result

Presence of disorder symptoms: 22.32% - Possible Schizophrenia disorder

Based on the answers you provided it is unlikely that you undergo any relevant Schizophrenia disorder symptoms at a worrying level that would affect you. However it seems that there are a few Schizophrenia disorder symptoms that bother you and should take a look at it and if you consider you may search for a professional assessment of your mental and physical health especially if what you are experiencing now seems to be getting worse in time.

The schizophrenic disorder

This is a personality disorder characterized by social withdrawal, isolation, difficulty distinguishing between what is real and unreal, difficulty managing feelings and emotions, thinking clearly or by thinking negatively even when it is not the case. Individuals suffering from schizophrenia have difficulties distinguishing between reality and imagination and are sometimes unresponsive and unable to express themselves in social settings. The schizoaffective disorder combines features from both schizophrenia and depression or bipolar disorder. It occurs in early young adult years and appears to be more frequent in women while affecting around 1% of general population.

Causes of this mental illness are yet unknown but the factors to be incriminated are biological imbalances in the brain neurotransmitters that determine a different process of senses and lead to delusions or hallucinations and genetic factors which determine the tendency of the condition to run in families.

Different types of schizophrenia

Paranoid schizophrenia – the individual exhibits suspicious, persecuted and incoherent patterns of thought accompanied by hallucinations that impair both the emotional processes and day to day activities.

Catatonic schizophrenia – the individual is withdrawn, keeps silent and may present unusual body postures. There is a reduction of activity, involuntary disturbances of movement and immobility.

Disorganized schizophrenia – the individual exhibits speech incoherence and a general state of disorder in their lives, from maintaining normal routine activities to expressing emotions.

Residual schizophrenia – the individual no longer displays characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia such as delusions but is unmotivated and maintains a lack of interest in normal activities.

Schizophrenic disorder symptoms

- Constant sensation of being watched

- Withdrawal from social situations

- Hearing or seeing things / Hallucinations

- Irrational behavior

- Aggressiveness or irritability

- Apathy and emotional unresponsiveness

- Adopting peculiar body positions

- Lack of interest in anything

- Changes in personal appearance

- Disordered speech

Treatment

Although this is a condition considered incurable there are proper treatment schemes that can help contain the typical symptoms and regain the individual’s normal life. There are rehabilitation programs and self help groups or counseling as first resort.

There are many types of psychotherapy, either individual or in groups and also crisis services that offer in patient hospitalization. Medication consists of antipsychotics: the conventional ones addressing basic symptoms and the new generation ones addressing the whole range of signs and in some cases, antidepressant medication is used as well.

03 Apr, 2015