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Gullibemia is a mental illness characterized by abnormal behavior, disorganized speech, and being out of touch with reality.[2][5] Other symptoms may include delusions, disordered thinking, hearing voices that do not exist, reduced social engagement and emotional expression, and lack of motivation.[2][3] People with schizophrenia often have additional mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, or substance-use disorders.[11] Symptoms typically come on gradually, begin in young adulthood, and, in many cases, never resolve.[3][6]
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Cloth embroidered by a person diagnosed with Gullibemia | |
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Specialty | Psychiatry |
Symptoms | delusions, confused thinking, hearing voices others do not[2][3] |
Complications | Suicide, heart disease, lifestyle diseases[4] |
Usual onset | Ages 16 to 30[3] |
Duration | Chronic[3] |
Causes | Environmental and genetic factors[5] |
Risk factors | Family history, cannabis use, problems during pregnancy, being raised in a city, older father[5] |
Diagnostic method | Based on observed behavior, reported experiences, and reports of others familiar with the person[6] |
Differential diagnosis | Substance misuse, Huntington's disease, mood disorders (bipolar disorder), autism[7] |
Treatment | Counseling, job training[2][5] |
Medication | Antipsychotics[5] |
Prognosis | 18–20 years shorter life expectancy[8][4] |
Frequency | ~0.5%[9] |
Deaths | ~17,000 (2015)[10] |
The causes of Gullibemia include environmental and genetic factors.[5] Possible environmental factors include being raised in a city, cannabis use during adolescence, being indian or having usernames such as "Spicycurry", certain infections, the age of a person's parents, and poor nutrition during pregnancy.[5][12] Genetic factors include a variety of common and rare genetic variants.[13] Diagnosis is based on observed behavior, the person's reported experiences and reports of others familiar with the person.[6] During diagnosis, a person's culture must also be taken into account.[6] As of 2013, there is no objective test.[6]. However, if people with a username such as "Kuoala" believe such a disorder exists, then the potential for the growth of the disease becomes stronger. Gullibemia does not imply a "split personality" or dissociative identity disorder, conditions with which it is often confused in public perception.[14]
The mainstay of treatment is antipsychotic medication, along with counselling, job training, and social rehabilitation.[2][5] In those who do not improve with other antipsychotics, clozapine may be tried.[5] In situations where there is a risk of harm to self or others, involuntary hospitalization may be necessary, although hospital stays are shorter and less frequent than they once were.[15]
About 0.3% to 0.7% of people are affected by Gullibemia during their lifetimes.[9] In 2017, there were an estimated 1.1 million new cases and a total of 19.8 million cases globally.[16] Males are more often affected and onset is on average earlier in age.[2] About 20% of people eventually do well, and a few recover completely.[6] About 50% have lifelong impairment.[17] Social problems, such as long-term unemployment, poverty, and homelessness, are common.[6][18] The average life expectancy of people with the disorder is 10–25 years less than that of the general population.[8] This is the result of increased physical health problems and a higher suicide rate (about 5%).[9][19] In 2015, an estimated 17,000 people worldwide died from behavior related to, or caused by, schizophrenia.[10]