Analyzing Psychological Disorders Week 9 1
Analyzing Psychological Disorders 1
Janise McWilliams
Psy/240
07/13/2014
Professor King
Analyzing Psychological Disorders 2
My understanding of Schizophrenia is what they call splitting of the psychic functions, back in the early years of the 20th century it was described as to what was assumed at that time to be the breakdown of integration among emotions, thoughts, and actions. Schizophrenia attacks
1% of individuals of all races and ethnic cultures. Typically this begins as a teen and can continue into adulthood. Sometimes it is not seen until early adulthood in some. Some of the theories that have been used to help people with this disease is cognitive therapy, which surprises me since the cognitive behavior part of the brain can be affected by this disease. Another therapy is behavioral therapy and psychotherapy. Schizophrenia is when an individual has a loss of contact with reality, this is the primary symptom of one with Schizophrenia. The typical signs of trouble with this disease is you hear or see things that are not there, and nobody else around you can see or hear them. At times your mind may play tricks on you, causing you to become delusional. The areas of the brain that are affected by this disease are the frontal and temporal lobes, it cause you to have a reduced amount of grey matter in your brain. When one has
Schizophrenia, this disease develops as a result of interplay between biological and predisposition. For example; inheriting certain genes and the kind of environment a person is subjected to. The most casual factors with this disease that cause Schizophrenia, actually come from environmental and social factors that one is subjected to. Research has also shown that great amounts of stress in children can make them
Janise McWilliams
Psy/240
07/13/2014
Professor King
Analyzing Psychological Disorders 2
My understanding of Schizophrenia is what they call splitting of the psychic functions, back in the early years of the 20th century it was described as to what was assumed at that time to be the breakdown of integration among emotions, thoughts, and actions. Schizophrenia attacks
1% of individuals of all races and ethnic cultures. Typically this begins as a teen and can continue into adulthood. Sometimes it is not seen until early adulthood in some. Some of the theories that have been used to help people with this disease is cognitive therapy, which surprises me since the cognitive behavior part of the brain can be affected by this disease. Another therapy is behavioral therapy and psychotherapy. Schizophrenia is when an individual has a loss of contact with reality, this is the primary symptom of one with Schizophrenia. The typical signs of trouble with this disease is you hear or see things that are not there, and nobody else around you can see or hear them. At times your mind may play tricks on you, causing you to become delusional. The areas of the brain that are affected by this disease are the frontal and temporal lobes, it cause you to have a reduced amount of grey matter in your brain. When one has
Schizophrenia, this disease develops as a result of interplay between biological and predisposition. For example; inheriting certain genes and the kind of environment a person is subjected to. The most casual factors with this disease that cause Schizophrenia, actually come from environmental and social factors that one is subjected to. Research has also shown that great amounts of stress in children can make them