Schizophrenia, Nature vs Nurture?
Schizophrenia still remains today and makes more challenges and continues to be complex mental illness. There had been sayings that Schizophrenia is an uncommon condition but in reality, it’s not rare at all. In actuality, everyone has a chance of having Schizophrenia in their life. Schizophrenia a brain disorder that can occur to any person in any background, happening to not only in men but also in women evenly and all areas of roles, like thinking, feeling, sensitivity and performance. This disorder is an extensive mental health complication that can affect all different kinds of people.
The origin of Schizophrenia is not completely known. Though, it shows that Schizophrenia could be caused by the contact involving genetic and environmental factors. Biological interpretations have controlled in past studies. But now twin and adoption studies propose that environmental factors assist in sparking Schizophrenia. However, neither the biological nor the environmental categories is known to be the source, also there is no guarantee that one will make certain if he will or will not develop Schizophrenia.
Problems related with Schizophrenia as a disorder
Schizophrenia not only has an effect on the person with the disorder but also their relationships with the people surrounding them. Schizophrenics often disengage and separate themselves, therefore, developing paranoia and forming hardships within their relationships. Their paranoia prompts them to make strange and apprehensive ideas concerning their friends or family. The common signs and symptoms they have are delusional thoughts, anger, habit to quarrel, and interacting with others with aggressive behavior. Schizophrenics blame everyone around him...
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...o need for medical interference because the voices and conspiracy theories are genuine. When a family member is in treatment, cautious monitoring can make certain that he or she is staying on track and gaining the most out of medication. Medication monitoring keeps dealing with side effects, averting drug interactions, and tracking medication reaction. One can help the doctor track treatment progress by documenting changes in a family member’s actions, emotions, and other indications reacting to the medication. A journal is a great way to record medication history, side effects, and everyday aspects that might otherwise be forgotten.
The unfortunate fact is that there is no cure for schizophrenia. The only tasks to do is to keep researching and understanding this complex condition in greater depth and supply the people who suffer with it a healthy and complete life.
The causes of schizophrenia and the related psychotic illness have been the subject of much
Schizophrenia has multiple symptoms; according to the World of Health Organization, these symptoms include “delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior [as well as depressive behavior].” Monomania
Every year one hundred thousand young Americans are diagnosed with the disease schizophrenia (Carman Research). Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that is associated with unnatural behavior or thinking . The disease usually affects people during the late adolescence stage or early adulthood, typically during this time they develop the symptoms linked to the disease.
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There is a definite biological basis for this disease, although it is not totally understood. For a long time schizophrenia was a mystery to doctors and scientists. Virtually any patient with a psychological disorder used to be placed under the expansive umbrella that defined the disease. Poor parenting was a misleading, early excuse for the troubles caused by what is now known to be substantially based in genetics. The most current idea of origin is that this disorder occurs during the crucial beginning months of life, those spent within the womb. Neither ...
[1]Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe brain disorder, though most people may call it an illness. With this disorder the person is more likely to experience “Imaginary friends”,[2] Hearing voices that are not there, and being very paranoid. The people who have schizophrenia are often withdrawn and can be agitated easily. [3]The main thought to the symptoms are known to be paranoia, although the symptoms can vary depending on the person and what type of schizophrenia that he or she may have. [6][7]There are five types of schizophrenia, which include, paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, undifferentiated, and residual schizophrenia.
I’m sure you’re thinking that you’re more confused now than when you started but not to worry! What all of this means is the person exhibits symptoms of Schizophrenia and also has symptoms of a mood disorder like major depression and/or mania. Some describe Schizoaffective Disorder as Schizophrenia with Bi-polar Disorder. Although it is a little more complicated than that, it is a good overall generalization of the disorder. The symptoms of Schizophrenia include hallucinations such as hearing voices and seeing things that are not there, delusions, disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, and the decrease or lack of speech, movement, or emotion. Along with these symptoms the patient will have periods of depression (disinterest in l...
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that affects one to two percent of people worldwide. The disorder can develop as early as the age of five, though it is very rare at such an early age. (3)) Most men become ill between the ages of 16 and 25 whereas most women become ill between the ages of 25 and 30. Even though there are differences in the age of development between the sexes, men and women are equally at risk for schizophrenia. (4) There is of yet no definitive answer as to what causes the disorder. It is believed to be a combination of factors including genetic make-up, pre-natal viruses, and early brain damage which cause neurotransmitter problems in the brain. (3)
When signs and symptoms of Schizophrenia are ignored or not treated properly, the effects can be traumatic to both the person suffering and the people around them. Some possible effects are one, relationship problems. Relationships often suffer because schizophrenic are withdrawn and isolated, and with paranoid schizophrenia they are suspicious of family and friends. Second there is disruption to normal daily activities. Schizophrenics have trouble with daily functioning because of social difficulties and because everyday task become hard. Their delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts stop them from doing regular things. Thirdly there is drug and alcohol abuse. Many times suffers of Schizophrenia develop issues with drugs and alcohols in attempt to self-meditate, or relieve symptoms. Lastly there are increased suicide ris...
...ients that suffer severe symptoms. The most common treatment is a combination of medicine and therapy. Where the patient engages in individual psychotherapy with a therapist, rehabilitation, family education, or self help groups. These therapies usually help people cope with schizophrenia and its effects. At this time there is no cure for schizophrenia, there are very effective treatments and medications. Research is being conducted to help scientists understand the disorder better and is being used to try to treat schizophrenia permanently. The only way this is possible is with the use of new treatments, such as new experimental drugs and electrotherapy. No treatments today are preventative nor do they permanently “cure” schizophrenia, but we can look to the bright future for the development of a new treatment option that could potentially fully cure schizophrenia.
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Schizophrenia is a serious, chronic mental disorder characterized by loss of contact with reality and disturbances of thought, mood, and perception. Schizophrenia is the most common and the most potentially sever and disabling of the psychosis, a term encompassing several severe mental disorders that result in the loss of contact with reality along with major personality derangements. Schizophrenia patients experience delusions, hallucinations and often lose thought process. Schizophrenia affects an estimated one percent of the population in every country of the world. Victims share a range of symptoms that can be devastating to themselves as well as to families and friends. They may have trouble dealing with the most minor everyday stresses and insignificant changes in their surroundings. They may avoid social contact, ignore personal hygiene and behave oddly (Kass, 194). Many people outside the mental health profession believe that schizophrenia refers to a “split personality”. The word “schizophrenia” comes from the Greek schizo, meaning split and phrenia refers to the diaphragm once thought to be the location of a person’s mind and soul. When the word “schizophrenia” was established by European psychiatrists, they meant to describe a shattering, or breakdown, of basic psychological functions. Eugene Bleuler is one of the most influential psychiatrists of his time. He is best known today for his introduction of the term “schizophrenia” to describe the disorder previously known as dementia praecox and for his studies of schizophrenics. The illness can best be described as a collection of particular symptoms that usually fall into four basic categories: formal thought disorder, perception disorder, feeling/emotional disturbance, and behavior disorders (Young, 23). People with schizophrenia describe strange of unrealistic thoughts. Their speech is sometimes hard to follow because of disordered thinking. Phrases seem disconnected, and ideas move from topic to topic with no logical pattern in what is being said. In some cases, individuals with schizophrenia say that they have no idea at all or that their heads seem “empty”. Many schizophrenic patients think they possess extraordinary powers such as x-ray vision or super strength. They may believe that their thoughts are being controlled by others or that everyone knows what they are thinking. These beliefs ar...
People with this disorder look for situations that do not require a lot of interaction with others, and do not appear to have a desire for love or acceptance, even by their family (Whitbourne, 2017). Like paranoid personality disorder, the etiology is not known but there is believed to be a genetic link to developing the disorder (Schizoid Personality Disorder, 2017). Not a lot is known about the treatment options since many individuals with the disorder do not seek treatment, and some therapies are not effective because individuals may find it difficult to establish a relationship with a clinician (Schizoid Personality Disorder, 2017). Schizotypal personality disorder have confusion about their basic sense of self, they lack a sense of direction or motivation and have difficulty understanding the behaviors and motives of other people (Whitbourne, 2017). Since their pathological traits are on the extremely maladaptive end of the psychoticism dimension, they may have many eccentric and unusual ideas and beliefs, causing them to have difficulty creating accurate perceptions of their world (Whitbourne, 2017). The etiology may be genetics since the symptoms of the disorder may show a latent form of schizophrenia (Whitbourne, 2017). Treatment of the disorder is similar to that of schizophrenia, and
Schizophrenia requires a lifetime of treatment through either medications and therapy, in many cases both is needed. Psychiatrist’s help patients survive through the disease. Another form to treat schizophrenia is through antipsychotic medications which are most commonly prescribed drugs to treat schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a group of psychotic disorders with major impairments in thought, emotion, and behavior; there is a constant prevalence rate of one percent with the occurrence being slightly higher in men. Though different psychologists have various theories on whether the disorder is linked to genetics or social economic status, schizophrenia in all