Question:
Is there any similarities, between Schizophrenia,
and Autism?
Cause sometime I think I have some traits from
both.
Answer:
don't forget the similarities of Alzheimers too.. Comparison of the three:
http://www.autismhelpforyou.com/Book%203%20-%20A%20Critical%20Lesson%... In brief, it goes something like this: A number of things have been referred to as schizophrenia through the
years, as it is a rather imprecise word. Autism is one of them -- it used
to be referred to as "childhood schizophrenia" (in some very backwards
circles it still is).
Some of the things that have been referred to as schizophrenia share
traits in common with autism. Here are some traits quoted from the DSM
and ICD definitions of schizophrenia that can be traits of autism as well:
* excessive motor activity (that is apparently purposeless and not
influenced by external stimuli)
* extreme negativism (an apparently motiveless resistance to all
instructions or maintenance of a rigid posture against attempts to be
moved) or mutism
* peculiarities of voluntary movement as evidenced by posturing
(voluntary assumption of inappropriate or bizarre postures)
* stereotyped movements, prominent mannerisms, or prominent grimacing
* echolalia or echopraxia
* flat or inappropriate affect
* negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition
* disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence) [Some
characteristic speech patterns of autistic people fall under *some* of the
same possible speech characteristics that have also been attributed to
schizophrenia, especially "tangential speech"]
* negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition
* breaks or interpolations in the train of thought, resulting in
incoherence or irrelevant speech, or neologisms
* "negative" symptoms such as marked apathy, paucity of speech, and
blunting or incongruity of emotional responses, usually resulting in
social withdrawal and lowering of social performance; it must be clear
that these are not due to depression or to neuroleptic medication
