Schizophrenia: A Chronic Psychiatric Illness
There are many disorders in the world today. Each disorder can be difficult to deal with and cause a person to act in many different ways. Schizophrenia is a chronic and very serious psychiatric illness. It brings a devastating effect on the lives that it touches. Nearly 1.2 percent of the population in United States has schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic disturbances in thinking causing delusions, perception causing hallucinations, speech, emotions, and behavior. (Durand & Barlow, pg.473) This can cause disruption in everyday life functioning. Even with advance treatments, complete recovery from schizophrenia is rare. (Durand & Barlow, pg.474) Schizophrenia affects approximately 1 of every 100 people at some point in life and its consequences are so severe. Schizophrenia is known to include several behaviors or symptoms. Psychotic behavior has been used to characterize the unusual behaviors. People with schizophrenia show constant distorted images, and may even commit violent acts. There are positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The positive symptoms are more overt such as delusion or hallucination. Delusion is a belief that would be seen by most members of a society as a misrepresentation of reality. (Durand & Barlow, pg.475) A common delusion for people with schizophrenia is they believe that someone is out to get them, this is known as delusions of persecution. They also develop these thoughts and stories creating anxiety. Another delusion is called capgras syndrome, in which people believe someone they know has been replaced by a double because people with this syndrome believe they are dead. Hallucinations for people with schizophrenia occur on daily basis. Hallucinations are when you experience sensory events without any input from the surrounding environment. Hallucinations are when you hear things or you see things that really did not occur. They can happen involving any of the
Schizophrenia is a devastating psychotic disorder that may involve characteristic disturbances in thinking causing delusions, perception causing hallucinations, speech, emotions, and behavior. (Durand & Barlow, pg.473) This can cause disruption in everyday life functioning. Even with advance treatments, complete recovery from schizophrenia is rare. (Durand & Barlow, pg.474) Schizophrenia affects approximately 1 of every 100 people at some point in life and its consequences are so severe. Schizophrenia is known to include several behaviors or symptoms. Psychotic behavior has been used to characterize the unusual behaviors. People with schizophrenia show constant distorted images, and may even commit violent acts. There are positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. The positive symptoms are more overt such as delusion or hallucination. Delusion is a belief that would be seen by most members of a society as a misrepresentation of reality. (Durand & Barlow, pg.475) A common delusion for people with schizophrenia is they believe that someone is out to get them, this is known as delusions of persecution. They also develop these thoughts and stories creating anxiety. Another delusion is called capgras syndrome, in which people believe someone they know has been replaced by a double because people with this syndrome believe they are dead. Hallucinations for people with schizophrenia occur on daily basis. Hallucinations are when you experience sensory events without any input from the surrounding environment. Hallucinations are when you hear things or you see things that really did not occur. They can happen involving any of the