Schizophrenia

Due to the media, what little knowledge the world has about Schizophrenia is clouded by fear of those who have it. People affected by Schizophrenia are sick and need to be treated with the same respect every human is treated with; if not even more. However, fear and discrimination has clouded Schizophrenia to the point were it has become twisted with lies and misconceptions. Schizophrenia is a complex, long-term mental disorder that affects the way a person perceives reality and the way a person

understand what Schizophrenia is. Normal is anything that differs from the socially accepted way of conducting one’s self. People affected with Schizophrenia have lost touch with reality and simultaneous with themselves. “Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disease. Approximately 1 percent of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime – more than 2 million Americans suffer from the illness in a given year,” ("Schizophrenia.com). Schizophrenia is a harsh mental

What is Schizophrenia? The study of schizophrenia dates back to the early 1800’s, when a guy by the name of John Haslam published a book called “Observations of Insanity”. In his book he goes into detail about the case studies or patents that show symptoms that we could categorize as schizophrenia disorder (John Haslam). By the end of the 19th Century the concept of schizophrenia was made known by a German psychiatrist by the name of Emil Krapelin. He basically took what he learned from Haslam

Schizophrenia is the worst of all mental health disorders because it is many severe disorders all put into one such as mood disorders and psychological disorders. It is a mental health disorder that affects a persons’ reality. When the word Schizophrenia is broken into two, schizo means “Split” and phrenia means “mind” (DeWall & Myers, 2014, p.562). According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), about 1% of Americans have schizophrenia. Schizophrenia has many different components such

Catatonic schizophrenia which is characterized by severe disturbances in movement and a marked lack of responsiveness to the outside world. At one end of the extreme they can not speak, move or respond. At the other end of the extreme they are over excited or hyperactive mimicking sounds or movements around them. Other symptoms are, uncooperative which means they resist any attempt to move them, they may say absolutely nothing and won’t listen to any instructions. Another is, strange movements,

WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA? The modern definition of schizophrenia describes it as a long-lasting psychotic disorder (involving a severe break with reality), in which there is an inability to distinguish what is real from fantasy as well as disturbances in thinking, emotions, behavior, and perception (Cicarelli, p. 557). SYMPTOMS Schizophrenia includes several symptoms. One common symptom is delusions, which are false beliefs that the person holds and that tend to remain fixed and unshakable even

In my opinion, The Voices did a pretty accurate portrayal of what Schizophrenia could potentially look like in a patient. Jerry, Ryan Reynolds, exhibited many of the classic symptoms that we associate with Schizophrenia; he also had several of the predisposing risk factors. This movie gave a good overall portrayal of the lifestyle that someone with Schizophrenia could potentially lead, especially how normal one can seem if you only know them superficially. We get to see different parts of his

Paranoia Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is the most known type of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a type of psychosis when your thoughts and emotions are impaired enough to a point that you cannot recognize reality or fantasy. According to http://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/guide/schizophrenia-paranoia#1 this illness usually starts in late adolescence or young adulthood. It also affects the way you behave and think. There is medication that can be taken to treat the illness. Symptoms of Paranoia

Affecting about 1% of the population, schizophrenia causes more anxiety in the media, in the public, and even in doctors' offices more than any other mental illness. It is the most stigmatized and most misunderstood psychological disorder of them all, even among psychologists. Among the many fallacies that surround the disorder is the name in itself. Schizophrenia literally means, from Greek,“split mind” but contrary to popular belief, the condition has nothing to do with a split in personality or

Schizophrenia      Schizophrenia is an extremely puzzling condition, the most chronic and disabling of the major mental illnesses. Approximately one percent of the population develops schizophrenia during their lives. With the sudden onset of severe psychotic symptoms, the individual is said to be experiencing acute schizophrenia. Psychotic means out of touch with reality, or unable to separate real from unreal experiences. Schizophrenia is a disorder characterized by loss of touch with reality