Understanding & Living with Schizophrenia Rebecca J. Purdy Maryville University Psych 321 IM Abnormal Psychology Abstract Schizophrenia is one of the most severe life altering mental disorders in respect of individuals functioning independently and within society norms. This paper will examine in detail the different types of Schizophrenia and their associated behaviors to determine the mental state of the patient. Although‚ medical science cannot definitively identify the
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Schizophrenia – A Biopsychosocial Model Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a wide variety of symptoms. The term schizophrenia has been subjected to many misinterpretations since first introduced. The disorder is so common and the symptoms so peculiar the term schizophrenia has become part of society’s standard vocabulary. Schizophrenia is chronic‚ progressive‚ and considered one of the most severe and frequent forms of mental disorders afflicting one percent of the population
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Abnormal Psychology - Schizophrenia Introduction There are a number of problems with defining psychological abnormality. They include problems with cultural relativity and social norms‚ what is normal within one culture or society may be considered abnormal within another. There are also problems with statistics as some abnormalities have too few or too many statistics to compare and the statistics may not always be reliable. Under the medical model all psychological disorders are considered
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Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Schizophrenia Psychosocial rehabilitation is a learning based approach using a token economy and social skill training to help patients with schizophrenia develop adaptive behaviors (Nevid‚ Rathus‚ & Green‚ 2003). To live successfully in the community‚ a variety of treatment approaches are available to people with schizophrenia. A few of the psychosocial rehabilitation options for people with schizophrenia include hospitalization‚ self-help clubs‚ family intervention
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psychological explanations for schizophrenia Schizophrenia explanations are both psychological and biological however the best solution is probably the diathesis stress model; this combines both biological and psychological approaches to schizophrenia. The diathesis stress model suggests that people have vulnerability for schizophrenia (diathesis) which develops only if the individual is exposed to certain environmental factors (a stressor.) One psychological explanation for schizophrenia is the double blind
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The cause of Schizophrenia is still uncertain‚ some of the effects of this disease are believed to be the origin of hereditary‚ chemical imbalance‚ viral infections‚ and immune disorders. Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects a persons thoughts‚ feelings‚ and actions. Schizophrenia complicates reality with imaginary which causes unresponsiveness and solitary which leads to complications in expressing natural emotions in social situations. Schizophrenia is not caused by childhood
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Schizophrenia affects thought and emotion and the person being affected loses contact with reality. It is often confused with DID‚ which is multiple personalities. Schizophrenia is better described as one personality that is broken up. It affects people’s levels of functioning and over half of the people affected have serious disabilities. However‚ today many people with schizophrenia are able to function in the world and may need to only go to the hospital periodically for treatment. Most researches
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Schizophrenia has emerged as one the diseases that are affecting our society at a large extent in modern days. Schizophrenia affects life of a person suffering from this disorder in thousands of ways‚ effects and severity of the problem varies from person to person who is suffering from schizophrenia. The disease is considered to affect teens and those who are around 20-22 year of age‚ but in reality‚ this disorder can affect people of any age and sex and also it does not depend upon the geographical
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functional impairment of social cognition in schizophrenia. The difficulty of patients with schizophrenia to interpret emotional expression‚ social contexts and mental state of others can result in social withdrawal and social isolation‚ and effect daily functioning. This proposal aims to characterize the gene expression profile of mentalizing emotion in the blood of patients with schizophrenia to underlying the molecular mechanism of mentalizing deficit in schizophrenia. In the first phase of the current
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journal over 20 years of lifetime experience with this disorder. The road to recovery isn’t easy. You see‚ I have both schizophrenia and bipolar. I’m sharing my story with you I ask that you have an open mind.” Living with schizophrenia can be a challenge. In some cases people think that they are being hunted down. It’s a huge challenge that people have to learn to live with. Schizophrenia is a worldwide disease‚ there are many symptoms‚ treatments‚ and a lot of effects on the families (National Alliance
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