shizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about schizophrenia and its consequences.
Central Idea: Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects millions of people and it should not be underestimated or ignored.
Introduction
I. Does anyone have a friend who hears voices that nobody else hears, sees things that nobody else sees or believes that people are controlling his mind and trying to plot against him?
A. Well, I do.
B. I have a close friend, hazwan, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at an age of 23 earlier this year.
C. The news was shocking and it fueled my longstanding curiosity towards this disorder.
II. I want to inform my audience of schizophrenia which according to medical experts affects a lot of urban occupiers , especially in our age group.
III. Over the course of the speech I will give an overview of the disorder followed by its types, causes and treatment of schizophrenia.
Body
I. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder indicating a constant, often chronic, severe and disabling mental illness.
A. It is called a biological brain disease by some medical professionals.
B. It impairs straight-forward thinking, and distorts a clear perception of reality which in-turn effects behavior and emotions.
C. The confusion in speech and behavior of those suffering might seem so frightening and confusing that the patient is often left alone by others.
D. The term schizophrenia is derived from the Greek words ˜schizo' and ˜phrenos' that can be translated as˜shattered mind.'
II. Now that you have a better idea of this severe disorder, we can move on to the different types of schizophrenia.
A. Paranoid schizophrenia
People with the paranoid type of schizophrenia stand out because of their delusions or hallucinations. At the same time, their cognitive skills and affect are relatively intact. They generally do not have disorganized speech or flat affect. They typically have a better medical condition than people
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about schizophrenia and its consequences.
Central Idea: Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects millions of people and it should not be underestimated or ignored.
Introduction
I. Does anyone have a friend who hears voices that nobody else hears, sees things that nobody else sees or believes that people are controlling his mind and trying to plot against him?
A. Well, I do.
B. I have a close friend, hazwan, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at an age of 23 earlier this year.
C. The news was shocking and it fueled my longstanding curiosity towards this disorder.
II. I want to inform my audience of schizophrenia which according to medical experts affects a lot of urban occupiers , especially in our age group.
III. Over the course of the speech I will give an overview of the disorder followed by its types, causes and treatment of schizophrenia.
Body
I. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder indicating a constant, often chronic, severe and disabling mental illness.
A. It is called a biological brain disease by some medical professionals.
B. It impairs straight-forward thinking, and distorts a clear perception of reality which in-turn effects behavior and emotions.
C. The confusion in speech and behavior of those suffering might seem so frightening and confusing that the patient is often left alone by others.
D. The term schizophrenia is derived from the Greek words ˜schizo' and ˜phrenos' that can be translated as˜shattered mind.'
II. Now that you have a better idea of this severe disorder, we can move on to the different types of schizophrenia.
A. Paranoid schizophrenia
People with the paranoid type of schizophrenia stand out because of their delusions or hallucinations. At the same time, their cognitive skills and affect are relatively intact. They generally do not have disorganized speech or flat affect. They typically have a better medical condition than people