Esquizofrenia: la Complejidad de una Enfermedad Desoladora

Abstract

The term psychotic in its narrow definition refers to gross delusions and hallucinations that occur in the absence\nof awareness of its pathological nature. Therefore defined the psychotic disorder and the loss of ego boundaries\nwith severe impairment of reality testing.\nIn psychotic disorders are schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder and brief psychotic\ndisorder. All are characterized by the presence of delusions, hallucinations any this manifest may be visual, auditory\nor somatic, speech and disorganized or catatonic behavior in addition to gross alteration of the trial.\nAlthough in recent years significant progress was made in the understanding of schizophrenia in three major fields\nsuch as: neuroimaging, research on atypical antipsychotics and psychosocial factors that influence this disorder,\nschizophrenia remains the �Pandora�s box� ready to keep your puzzles no matter the vain attempts are made\nto try to reveal them, if it is worth making the term in a disease other fascinating. It is this fascination that we\ndecided to make this article to understand such a complex disease in the clinic, etiology, prognosis and evolution\nand has devastating consequences at the personal, social and work not only patients but also their families and\nsociety in general