Mental Disorders: Paranoid Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how the person thinks, feels, and behaves.Schizophrenia is a complex, and long term medical illness. People that develop schizophrenia require treatment for the rest of your life. Schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders such as Post-traumatic stress disorder or Dissociative Identity Disorder, but the symptoms of this disorder can be disabling. The treatment that you receive may help get the symptoms under control before complications develop that can't be helped and it may also improve the outlook of your life. The word “schizophrenia” is less than 100 years old. The disease was first identified as a mental illness by Dr. Emile Kraepelin in 1887 but the illness

Paranoid schizophrenia is characterized by mostly positive symptoms. With paranoid schizophrenia a person experiences frequent hallucinations and has many delusions. I feel that paranoid schizophrenia is the most severe of the subtypes which it can do the most damage. When you are just looking at someone with paranoid schizophrenia, they will look like a normal person, but they could be having an hallucination or delusion at the exact moment that you are looking at them. A person's thoughts tell them how they are supposed to behave or how they are going to behave. If they are having a hallucination at that moment you don't know how they are going to act. That is why this subtype can be very dangerous. They emotions and actions can change at any time, at any

Antipsychotic medications a usually taken by pill or liquid everyday at a certain time, but some of the medication is given by injection once or twice a month. Many patients have side effects when they are taking medications for their illnesses, but a lot of the side effects go away after you take it for awhile. The goal of this treatment is to manage signs and symptoms at the closest to none as possible. When you find your doctor they can help you find the best medication for you. There are also many different Psychosocial treatments you can do after you find a medication that works for you. At these treatments they teach you skills to help you with everyday challenges and attending school or work. They usually have individual therapy, social skills training, family therapy, and vocational rehabilitation and supported employment and self-help groups. Individuals who often attend these treatments are less likely to relapse or are going to be