Invisible disabilities are hidden neurological conditions that present significant challenges to learning,
interacting with others, regulating mood and thinking patterns and to otherwise experiencing a fulfilling
lifestyle. Individuals with non-visible disabilities may have difficulty performing some tasks without
appearing to have a disability :
Developmental Disabilities
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ADD/ADHD
Asperger Syndrome
Autism
Down syndrome
Dyslexia
Speech/communication disorder
Tourette's Syndrome
Mental Disabilities
o Alzheimer's Disease
o Anxiety Disorder
o Bipolar Disorder
o Depression
o Dyscalculia
o Learning Disabilities(attention, reasoning, processing, memory, communication, reading,
writing, spelling, calculation, coordination, social competence and emotional maturity)
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Memory Loss
Personality Disorders
Phobia
 Acrophobia
 Agoraphobia
See attached List of Phobias
Physical Disabilities
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Dependency on dialysis, sanitary or urinary supplies
Dexterity Impairment
Lupus & other Auto Immune
Orthopedic impairments
Visual Impairment
 Blindness
 Blurred Vision
 Cataract
 Color Blindness
Hearing Impairment
 Hearing Loss
 Meniere's Disease
 Tinnitus (Ringing In the Ears)
Mobility Impairment
 Arthritis
 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
 Osteoarthritis
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Cerebral Palsy
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Muscular Dystrophy (MD)
Paralysis
Parkinson's Disease
Stroke
o Head Injury
 Traumatic Brain Injury
o Chronic Illnesses
 Allergies
 Asthma
 Cancer
 Cardiovascular
 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
 Chronic Pain – Fibromyalgia, arthritis, etc.
 Diabetes
 Epilepsy
 Hemophilia
 Hypoglycemia
 HIV AIDS
 Renal Failure
 Sleep disorders
 Thyroid condition
 Tuberculosis (TB)
Other Disabilities
o Substance Abuse / Addictions
 Alcohol Addiction
 Drug Addiction
 Nicotine Addiction
List of Phobias
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Acarophobia - Fear of skin infestation caused by ticks and mites.
Acerophobia - Fear associated with sourness.
Achluophobia - Fear associated with darkness.
Acousticophobia - Fear associated with noise.
Acrophobia - Fear linked to heights.
Aerophobia - Fear of fresh air and flying.
Agoraphobia - Fear associated with open spaces.
Aichomophobia - Fear associated with pointed objects.
Ailurophobia - Fear linked to cats.
Albuminurophobia - Fear of finding albumin is one’s urine as a sign of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia - Fear associated with chickens.
Algophobia - Fear of pain itself.
Amathophobia - Fear associated with dust.
Amaxophobia - Fear associated with riding in a car.
Amychophobia - Fear of getting scratched.
Androphobia - Fear/hatred of men.
Anemophobia - Fear of winds or draughts.
Anginaphobia - Fear associated with narrowness.
Anginophobia - Fear associated with sore throats.
Anglophobia - Fear/ hatred of England and English things.
Anthophobia - Fear linked to flowers.
Anthrophobia - Fear associated with people.
Antlophobia - Fear associated with floods.
Anuptaphobia - Fear associated with remaining single.
Apeirophobia - Fear linked to infinity.
Aphephobia - Fear of being touched or even touching.
Apiphobia - Fear associated with bees.
Arachibutyrophobia - Fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of one’s mouth.
Arachnephobia - Fear associated with spiders.
Asthenophobia - Fear related to weakness.
Astraphobia - Fear linked to lightning.
Astrophobia - Fear related to stars and celestial space.
Ataxiophobia - Fear linked to disorder.
Atelophobia - Fear related to imperfection.
Atekophobia - Fear associated with ruin or ruins.
Aulophobia - Fear linked with flutes.
Automysophobia - Fear of getting oneself dirty.
Autophobia - Fear of being left alone.
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Bacillophobia - Fear linked to germs.
Ballistophobia - Fear associated with missiles.
Barophobia - Fear related to gravity.
Basiphobia - Fear related to a walk.
Bathophobia - Fear linked with depth.
Batrachophobia - Fear associated with frogs and toads.
Belonephobia - Fear of needles and pins.
Bibliophobia - Fear linked to books.
Blennophobia - Fear associated with slime.
Bogyphobia - Fear connected to goblins and demons.
Botanophobia - Fear related to flowers and plants.
Bromidrosiphobia - Fear of possessing a repulsive body odor.
Brontophobia - Fear associated with thunder and thunderstorms.
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Cainophobia - Fear of originality/ newness.
Cancerophobia - Fear associated with cancer.
Carnophobia - Fear linked to meat.
Cathisophobia - Fear connected to sitting down.
Catoptrophobia - Fear associated with mirrors.
Celtophobia - Fear/dislike of the Celts.
Cenophobia - Fear linked to open spaces.
Ceraunophobia - Fear associated with lightning.
Chaetophobia - Fear related to hair.
Cherophobia - Fear associated with merriment.
Chionophobia - Fear connected to snow.
Cholerophobia - Fear associated with cholera.
Chrematophobia - Fear linked to wealth and money.
Chromophobia - Fear connected to colors.
Chronophobia - Fear related to time.
Cibophobia - Fear associated with food.
Claustrophobia - Fear connected to narrow and closed places.
Cleptophobia - Fear related to stealing.
Climacophobia - Fear related to stairs.
Climophobia - Fear associated with going to bed.
Cnidophobia - Fear related to strings.
Coitophobia - Fear associated with sexual intercourse.
Cometophobia - Fear connected to comets.
Coprophobia - Fear of body waste.
Cremnophobia - Fear of cliffs/precipices.
Cremophobia - Fear associated with being alone.
Cryophobia - Fear of fog.
Crystallophobia - Fear related to glass.
Cymophobia - Fear linked to sea swells.
Cynophobia - Fear associated with dogs.
Cypridophobia - Fear connected to venereal disease.
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Deipnophobia - Fear connected to dining and dinner conversations.
Demonophobia - Fear associated with spirits/demons.
Demophobia - Fear/dislike of crowds.
Dendrophobia - Fear connected to trees.
Dermatophobia - Fear of skin injury.
Dermatosiphobia - Fear associated with skin disease.
Diabetophobia - Fear linked to diabetes.
Didaskaleinophobia - Fear related to school.
Dikephobia - Fear connected to justice.
Dinophobia - Fear of dizziness/ whirlpools.
Diplopiaphobia - Fear related to double vision.
Dipsophobia - Fear related to drinking.
Domatophobia - Fear connected to home.
Doraphobia - Fear of fur/animal skins.
Dromophobia - Fear associated with crossing streets.
Dysmorphophobia - Fear linked to deformities.
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Ecclesiaphobia - Fear associated with churches.
Ecophobia - Fear of home/home surroundings.
Eisoptrophobia - Fear linked to termites.
Electrophobia - Fear related to electricity.
Eleuthrophobia - Fear associated with freedom.
Emetophobia - Fear related to vomiting.
Entomophobia - Fear connected to insects.
Eosophobia - Fear related to daylight.
Eremiophobia - Fear associated with being by oneself.
Ereuthophobia - Fear connected to blushing.
Ergasiophobia - Fear associated with work.
Erotophobia - Fear associated with sexual feelings/ love.
Erythorophobia - Fear of red lights/ the color red/ blushing.
Euphobia - Fear connected to good news.
Eurotophopia - Fear related to the female genitals.
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Febriphobia - Fear associated with fever.
Felinophobia - Fear connected to cats.
Francophobia - Fear/ hatred related to France and French things.
Frigophobia - Fear related to colds/cold things.
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Galeophobia - Fear associated with cats.
Gallophobia - Fear related to France/ French things.
Gamophobia - Fear connected to marriage.
Gatophobia - Fear related to cats.
Geniophobia - Fear associated with chins.
Genophobia - Fear linked to sexual intercourse.
Genuphobia - Fear related to knees.
Gephyrophobia - Fear linked to crossing bridges.
Gerascophobia - Fear of turning old.
Germanophobia - Fear/ hatred of Germany.
Geumanophobia - Fear related to tastes/ flavors.
Glossophobia - Fear associated with speaking in public/ trying to speak.
Graphophobia - Fear linked to writing.
Gringophobia - Fear/ dislike of white strangers.
Gymnophobia - Fear associated with nudity.
Gynephobia - Fear/ hatred of women.
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Hagiophobia - Fear of holy objects/ holy people/ saints.
Hamartophobia - Fear related to error or sin.
Haphephobia - Fear associated with being touched.
Harpaxophobia - Fear connected to robbers.
Hedonophobia - Fear associated with pleasure.
Heliophobia - Fear linked to the sun.
Helminthophobia - Fear associated with becoming infested with worms.
Hematophobia - Fear connected to blood.
Herpetophobia - Fear of reptiles/ amphibians.
Hierophobia - Fear related to sacred objects.
Hippophobia - Fear associated with horses.
Hodophobia - Fear connected to travel.
Homichlophobia - Fear related to fog.
Homilophobia - Fear associated with sermons.
Hormephobia - Fear linked to shock.
Hyalophobia - Fear related to glass.
Hydrophobia - Fear of rabies/ water.
Hygrophobia - Fear related to liquids especially water/ wine.
Hylephobia - Fear associated with materialism or fear of epilepsy.
Hypengyophobia - Fear linked to responsibility.
Hypnophobia - Fear associated with sleep.
Hypsiphobia - Fear related to high places.
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Iatrophobia - Fear associated with doctors.
Ichthyophobia - Fear related to fish.
Ideophobia - Fear linked to ideas.
Illyngophobia - Fear associated with dizziness.
Iophobia - Fear linked to poison.
Insectophobia - Fear associated with insects.
Isolophobia - Fear of being alone/ solitude.
Isopterophobia - Fear linked to termites.
Ithyphallophobia - Fear associated with seeing/ thinking or having an erect penis.
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Japanophobia - Fear associated with the Japanese.
Judeophobia - Fear related to Jews.
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Kainolophobia - Fear linked to anything new.
Kakorrhaphiophobia - Fear associated with failure/defeat.
Katagelophobia - Fear linked to being ridiculed.
Kathisophobia - Fear related to sitting down.
Kenophobia - Fear linked to empty spaces/ voids.
Keraunophobia - Fear associated with lightning and thunder.
Kinetophobia - Fear associated with motion or movement.
Kleptophobia - Fear connected to stealing.
Koinoniphobia - Fear related to rooms.
Kolpophobia - Fear associated with genitals, especially female.
Kopophobia - Fear related to fatigue.
Koniophobia - Fear associated with dust.
Kosmikophobia - Fear linked to cosmic phenomenon.
Kymophobia - Fear related to waves.
Kynophobia - Fear associated with rabies.
Kyphophobia - Fear linked to stooping.
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Lachanophobia - Fear linked to vegetables.
Laliophobia - Fear related to speaking.
Leprophobia - Fear associated with leprosy.
Leukophobia - Fear linked to the color white.
Levophobia - Fear of objects located on the left side of the body.
Ligyrophobia - Fear related to loud noise.
Lilapsophobia - Fear associated with hurricanes and tornadoes.
Limnophobia - Fear related to lakes.
Linonophobia - Fear linked to strings.
Liticaphobia - Fear associated with lawsuits.
Lockiophobia - Fear associated with childbirth.
Logizomechanophobia - Fear related to computers.
Logophobia - Fear associated to words.
Luiphobia - Fear associated with lues/ syphillis.
Luiphobia - Fear related to otters.
Luiphobia - Fear associated with darkness.
Lyssophobia - Fear linked to rabies or becoming mad.
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Macrophobia - Fear related to long waits.
Mageirocophobia - Fear related to cooking.
Maieusiophobia - Fear associated with childbirth.
Malaxophobia - Fear linked to love play.
Maniaphobia - Fear associated with insanity.
Mastigophobia - Fear related to punishment.
Mechanophobia - Fear linked to machines.
Medomalacuphobia - Fear linked to losing an erection.
Medorthophobia - Fear linked to an erect penis.
Megalophobia - Fear associated with large things.
Melissophobia - Fear linked to bees.
Melanophobia - Fear related to the color black.
Melophobia - Fear/ hatred of music.
Meningitophobia - Fear associated with brain disease.
Menophobia - Fear linked to menstruation.
Merinthophobia - Fear connected to being bound or tied up.
Metallophobia - Fear related to metals.
Metathesiophobia - Fear connected to change.
Meteorophobia - Fear linked to meteors.
Meteorophobia - Fear connected to alcohol.
Metrophobia - Fear/ hatred of poetry.
Microbiophobia - Fear related to microbes.
Microphobia - Fear related to small things.
Microphobia - Fear related to contamination with dirt/ germs.
Mnemophobia - Fear linked to memories.
Molysmophobia - Fear related to dirt contamination.
Monophobia - Fear associated with being alone/ solitude.
Monopathophobia - Fear related to definite disease.
Motorphobia - Fear connected to automobiles.
Mottephobia - Fear related to moths.
Musophobia - Fear linked to mice.
Mycophobia - Fear/ aversion to mushrooms.
Mycrophobia - Fear linked to small things.
Myctophobia - Fear associated witn darkness.
Myrmecophobia - Fear connected to ants.
Mythophobia - Fear associated with myths/ stories or false statements.
Myxophobia - Fear related to slime.
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Nebulaphobia - Fear linked to fog.
Necrophobia - Fear related to death or dead things.
Nelophobia - Fear connected to glass.
Neopharmaphobia - Fear related to new drugs.
Neophobia - Fear associated with anything new.
Nephophobia - Fear connected to clouds.
Noctiphobia - Fear linked to the night.
Nomatophobia - Fear related to names.
Nosocomephobia - Fear associated with hospitals.
Nosophobia - Fear connected to becoming ill.
Nostophobia - Fear related to coming home.
Novercaphobia - Fear associated with step - mother.
Nucleomituphobia - Fear linked to nuclear weapons.
Nudophobia - Fear linked to nudity.
Numerophobia - Fear connected to numbers.
Nyctohylophobia - Fear associated with dark wooded forests/ wooded areas.
Nyctophobia - Fear related to the dark/ night.
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Obesophobia - Fear associated with gaining weight.
Ochlophobia - Fear linked to mobs/ crowds.
Ochophobia - Fear related to vehicles.
Octophobia - Fear associated with the figure 8.
Odontophobia - Fear connected to dental surgery.
Odynophobia - Fear linked to pain.
Oenophobia - Fear related to wines.
Oikophobia - Fear related to home surroundings/ house.
Olfactophobia - Fear associated to smells.
Ombrophobia - Fear related to rain.
Ommetaphobia - Fear related to eyes.
Oneirophobia - Fear connected to dreams.
Oneirogmophobia - Fear associated with wet dreams.
Onomatophobia - Fear of hearing particular words/ names.
Ophidiophobia - Fear related to snakes.
Ophthalmophobia - Fear associated with being stared at.
Optophobia - Fear related to opening ones' eyes.
Ornithophobia - Fear connected to birds.
Orthophobia - Fear related to property.
Osmophobia - Fear connected to smells/ odors.
Ostraconophobia - Fear linked to shellfish.
Ouranophobia - Fear related to heaven.
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Pagophobia - Fear linked to ice/ frost.
Panthophobia - Fear connected to suffering and disease.
Panophobia - Fear related to everything.
Papaphobia - Fear associated to the Pope.
Papyrophobia - Fear connected to paper.
Paralipophobia - Fear associated with neglecting duty or responsibility.
Paraphobia - Fear connected to sexual perversion.
Parasitophobia - Fear linked to parasites.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia - Fear related to Friday the 13th.
Parthenophobia - Fear associated with virgins and young girls.
Pathophobia - Fear connected to disease.
Pathophobia - Fear related to heredity.
Parturiphobia - Fear linked to childbirth.
Peccatophobia - Fear connected to sinning or imaginary crimes.
Pediculophobia - Fear related to lice.
Pediophobia - Fear associated with dolls.
Pedophobia - Fear associated with children.
Peladophobia - Fear related to bold people.
Peniaphobia - Fear linked to poverty.
Pentheraphobia - Fear connected to mother - in - law.
Pharmacophobia - Fear related to taking medicine.
Philemaphobia - Fear linked to kissing.
Phronemophobia - Fear associated with thinking.
Pteromerhanophobia - Fear associated with flying.
Placophobia - Fear related to tombstones.
Porphyrophobia - Fear linked to the color purple.
Phobophobia - Fear connected to phobias.
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Radiophobia - Fear connected to radiation/ x - rays.
Ranidaphobia - Fear associated with frogs.
Rectophobia - Fear associated with the rectum or rectal diseases.
Rhypophobia - Fear connected to defecation.
Rhytiphobia - Fear related to getting wrinkles.
Rupophobia - Fear connected to dirt.
Russophobia - Fear associated with Russians.
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Samhainophobia - Fear linked to Halloween.
Satanophobia - Fear associated with Satan.
Scelerophibia - Fear connected to bad men, burglars.
Sciophobia - Fear associated with shadows.
Scolionophobia - Fear related to school.
Scopophobia - Fear associated with being seen or stared at.
Scotophobia - Fear connected to darkness.
Scriptophobia - Fear related to writing in public.
Selachophobia - Fear associated with sharks.
Selaphobia - Fear related to light flashes.
Selenophobia - Fear associated with the moon.
Seplophobia - Fear linked to decaying matter.
Sesquipedalophobia - Fear connected to long words.
Sexophobia - Fear related to the opposite sex.
Siderodromophobia - Fear associated with trains/ railroads or train travel.
Sinophobia - Fear associated with Chinese/ Chinese culture.
Snakephobia - Fear related to snakes.
Soceraphobia - Fear associated with parents - in - law.
Sophophobia - Fear related to learning.
Soteriophobia - Fear connected to the dependence on others.
Spacephobia - Fear linked to outer space.
Spermatophobia - Fear associated with germs.
Spheksophobia - Fear connected to wasps.
Staurophobia - Fear linked to crosses or the crucifix.
Stygiophobia - Fear associated with hell.
Suriphobia - Fear linked to mice.
Symbolophobia - Fear related to symbolism.
Syngenesophobia - Fear associated with relatives.
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Tachophobia - Fear connected with speed.
Taphephobia - Fear associated with being buried alive or of cemeteries.
Taurophobia - Fear connected to bulls.
Technophobia - Fear connected to technology.
Telephonophobia - Fear related to telephones.
Teratophobia - Fear associated with bearing a deformed child/ fear of monsters or deformed
people.
Testophobia - Fear linked to taking tests.
Tetanophobia - Fear associated with lockjaw/ tetanus.
Teutophobia - Fear associated with German or German things.
Thalassophobia - Fear related to the sea.
Thanatophobia - Fear connected to death/ dying.
Theatrophobia - Fear related to theatres.
Theologicophobia - Fear linked with theology.
Theophobia - Fear associated with gods or religion.
Thermophobia - Fear associated with heat.
Tomophobia - Fear related to surgical operations.
Topophobia - Fear linked to certain places or situations. For e.g. stage fright.
Traumatophobia - Fear connected to injury.
Tremophobia - Fear associated with trembling.
Tropophobia - Fear associated with making changes/ moving.
Trypanophobia - Fear related to injections.
Tuberculophobia - Fear related to tuberculosis.
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Uranophobia - Fear associated with heaven.
Urophobia - Fear associated with urine or urinating.
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Vaccinophobia - Fear associated with vaccination.
Venustraphobia - Fear connected with beautiful women.
Verbophobia - Fear associated with words.
Verminophobia - Fear related to germs.
Vestiphobia - Fear associated with clothing.
Virginitiphobia - Fear connected to rape.
Vitricophobia - Fear associated with step - father.
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Walloonphobia - Fear associated with the Walloons.
Wiccaphobia - Fear associated with witches and witchcraft.
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Xanthophobia - Fear related to the color yellow or the word yellow.
Xenoglossophobia - Fear associated with foreign languages.
Xenophobia - Fear associated with strangers or foreigners.
Xerophobia - Fear related to dryness.
Xylophobia - Fear connected to wooden objects/ forests.
Xyrophobia - Fear associated with razors.
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Zelophobia - Fear connected to jealousy.
Zeusophobia - Fear associated with God/ Gods.
Zemmiphobia - Fear related to the great mole rat.
Zoophobia - Fear associated with animals.
There are 3 basic clusters of personality disorder1. Odd unusual Behavior - including
a. Paranoid personality -a person feeling that everyone and everything is against them when in reality
this is not true.
b. Schizoid Personality - apathetic to others and no desire to socialize.
2. Dramatic, emotional or erratic behavior
These includea. Antisocial personality -avoiding people
b. Borderline personality -erratic emotions and relating to people.
c. Histrionic personality -attention seekers-manipulators - Tends to exaggerate relationships"everyone loves me"
d. Narcissistic personality -self centered person
3. Anxious fearful
Includes:
a. Avoidant personality disorder-fear of taking risks, gullible, hyper-sensitive, avoids all things that
include social interaction.
b. Dependent personality disorder-due to neglect-needy, has been abandoned and feel it will happen
again.
c. Obsessive-compulsive personality-anxiety disorder, repetitive, compelling thoughts and obsessions
concerning things that aren’t reality (i.e. cleaning things that are already clean).
4. Psychotic Disorders
This is a collection of diseases that severely affect the brain and thinking processes. These people
have difficulty thinking rationally and their judgments are impaired. Living their daily life becomes very,
very difficult. However, for even the worst of these disorders there is treatment available. The most
prevalent symptoms of these diseases are usually delusions and hallucinations. Delusions believe
certain facts even after those facts have been proven wrong. Hallucinations are similar to delusions in
that the belief is wrong; however hallucinations are felt with the senses and are not thoughts. "Hearing
things" or "seeing things" are examples of hallucinations. Some other symptoms are: strange
behaviors (may be dangerous to themselves or others), lack of personal hygiene, decreased interest
in doing things, strange speech patterns that are not understandable, mood swings, relationship
difficulties, slow or strange movements.
The major Psychotic Disorders are:
1. Schizophrenia-these people have symptoms that last longer than six months, symptoms such as
delusions, and hallucinations are usual symptoms of this disorder.
2. Schizophreniform – The people suffering from this disorder also have symptoms of Schizophrenia,
but it doesn’t last longer than six months.
3. Schizoaffective disorder-these people have both schizophrenia and other mood or affective
disorders such as bipolar disorder.
4. Delusional disorder-These people have delusions that last not less than a month. These delusions
can be strange thoughts such as being followed, or, similar to paranoia, thinking others are ganging
up against them.
5. Substance-abuse psychotic disorder-psychotic episodes -that are due to alcohol or drug
withdrawal, these symptoms are usually confused speech, delusions, and hallucinations.