Describe the general characteristics (symptoms) and course of schizophrenia and the course of
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Schizophrenic disorders are a class of disorders marked by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and deterioration of adaptive behavior. Disturbed thought lies at the core of schizophrenia. General symptoms include delusions, which are false beliefs that are maintained even though they clearly are out of touch with reality-chaotic thinking and loose associations, where a person shifts topics in disjointed ways; deterioration of adaptive behavior, which involves noticeable deficits in the quality of a person's routine functioning in work, social relations, and personal care; hallucinations, which are sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of a real, external stimulus or are gross distortions of perceptual input; and disturbed emotion, which may manifest as little emotional responsiveness (flat affect) or inappropriate emotional responses (laughing at a story of a child's death). Schizophrenic disorders usually emerge during adolescence or early adulthood. It is a severe disorder that often requires lengthy hospital care. The prognosis is better for those with primarily positive rather than negative symptoms.
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