शिजोफ्रेनिया: कुछ पारिभाषिक शब्द .

Positive symptoms :symptoms those are overt but should not have been there like delusion ,hallucinations i.e false beliefs and viewing and listening things which are not there .
Negative symptoms :Those characteristics that are absent but should have been there e.g.lack of starting a thing or task .Lack of emotions .
Cognitive symptoms :Inability to think clearly ,express anything meaningful .Incoherent speech .
Typical Anti -psychotic drugs (typical anti -psychotics):Also known as traditional and or older generation anti -psychotics .These are used for the alleviations of Positive symptoms generally .
Atypical anti -psychotics :These are generally used for alleviation of Negative symptoms .
Both work to restore the chemical imbalance of the brain chemistry .(An imbalance of bio -chemicals which acts as transmitters from where they are present in the brain and communicate with other brain cells (neurons).
Certain genes may also be responsible for schizophrenia ,like that for Cancer and Diabetes and other Mental disorders .