Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is defined as a severe disabling mental illness. A person with this illness may be completely out of touch with what is going on around them. For example, the individual suffering from Schizophrenia may hear voices, see people who are not there (ghost in other words), and or feel bugs crawling on their skin when in actuality there are now. They may also have disorganized speech and behavior, physically rigid, emotionless, and delusions. The type of delusions where they believe that people are reading their minds, have control over their thoughts, and or plotting to hurt them. They have difficulty holding jobs and taking care of themselves.
The word Schizophrenia has been used since 1911 on behalf of Eugen Bleuler. In 1887 it was just an independent mental illness recognized by Dr. Emile Kraepelin. It has been described in Ancient Egyptian, Hindu, Chinese, Greek, Roman writings with symptoms close to the symptoms of Schizophrenia now. During medieval times, Schizophrenia was just proof of the person being possessed by powers or evil spirits.
The general population has a 1% chance of getting Schizophrenia. About 60% of schizophrenics have no family member with this illness, but it can run in the family. Though it cannot be directly passed from one generation to another. A person has a 10% more chance of getting Schizophrenia if their mother, father, brother, or sister has it. Also if a person is to have an aunt, uncle, cousins, or grandparents that has Schizophrenia they have a higher chance of getting the illness than the general population.
Not one gene can cause Schizophrenia by itself. This illness may result from the gene that make important brain chemicals malfunctioning. This malfunctioning may affect the ...

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...ibility, this is where they may move their arm in a certain position and then keep it in that same exact spot for hours. Excessive mobility is where instead of being unable to move, they may move in an excited way that appears for no reason. They may pace, turn continuously, rapid movement of arms or make loud noises. With extreme resistance they may be very stubborn, they do not listen to instruction. They will resist attempts to be moved or may not speak at all. Peculiar movements occur when the schizophrenic has unusual posture, grimaces for long periods of time, or use of strange mannerism. They may also repeat certain behaviors, like repeating words, obsessively following a regiment or having to have objects exactly the same way. Mimicking speech or movement is when they repeatedly say a word someone just said or excessively copy a gesture made by someone else.