What Is Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a mental illness that affects the functioning of the brain. Someone who suffers from Schizophrenia will experience changes in the way that they feel‚ act and behave‚ and their thinking can distort their sense of reality. This is all caused by imbalances in the brain. The word ‘Schizophrenia’ actually means ‘split mind’ or ‘a splitting of the mind’. It comes from the Greek words skhízein (to split) and phren (mind)‚ but Schizophrenia does not mean that
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one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia (8 marks AO1/16 marks AO1) Schizophrenia is classified as a mental disorder that shows profound disruption of cognition and emotion which affects a person’s language‚ perception‚ thought and sense of self. The dopamine hypothesis states that schizophrenic’s neurones transmitting dopamine release the neurotransmitter too easily‚ leading to the characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia. This hypothesis claims that schizophrenics
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explanations for schizophrenia (8+16marks). It has been showed that schizophrenia has a tendency to run in different families. This implies that genes play a role. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Gottesman (1991) showed that when both parents are schizophrenic‚ there is a 46% chance of the child also getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 16% and dropped to a further 1% when the sibling of the child had schizophrenia. This suggests
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explain the assumed causes of schizophrenia: Genetic and Dopamine Hypothesis. Research by Mikaywa et al has found that there must be a genetic explanation of schizophrenia due to the fact that concordance rates for environmental causes are not 100%. Also Mikaywa noticed that schizophrenia runs in the family‚ meaning there must be something other than environmental causes‚ causing the disorder. What Mikaywa studied was DNA from human families who were affected by schizophrenia and found that those with
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Chapter 12 was interesting to read. The amount of information I gained on Schozophrenia was large. I was however shocked by the amount of drugs available to treat this problem. I think that this is great for anyone suffering from the disease because what works for some may not work for the next. I work in a hospital and often times we run into the case where the person will have a reaction to a medication and need to switch. We often time see the side effect of the medications and then are
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Describe and evaluate one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia Research has shown that schizophrenia is heredity and can runs in families. This suggests that genes play a significant role. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Evidence from family studies by Gottesman showed that when bothparent are schizophrenic then there is a 46% chance of the child getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 17%. This suggests
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Discuss some of the issues surrounding the classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia Classification systems are needed for the purpose of treatment and research. It can also be comforting to and individual and their family to be able to identify what their problem is and give it a name. Any classification system relies on the symptoms an individual display. However‚ symptoms tend to cluster together‚ so most classification systems of mental disorder focus on syndromes (i.e. clusters of symptoms
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for schizophrenia to run in families. This suggests that genes and biological factors play a role in the explanation of schizophrenia.. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Evidence from family studies by Gottesman showed that when both parent are schizophrenic then there is a 46% chance of the child getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 16% and dropped to a further 1% when the sibling of the child had schizophrenia. This
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his own thoughts‚ damaging his perspective of reality. Simon exemplifies schizophrenia through isolating himself in the jungle‚ pulling himself from social interactions with the other boys on the island‚ as well as experiencing things that others do not see or hear. Simon exhibits schizophrenic tendencies when he repeatedly isolates himself from the other boys. Psychology Today states that a common symptom of schizophrenia entails “isolating oneself and withdrawing from others.” He finds a place
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Did Andrea Yates have schizophrenia? On July 30‚ 2001‚ Andrea was indicted on two counts of capital murder for the deaths of Noah (seven)‚ John (five)‚ and Mary (six months)‚but not for the deaths of her other two children‚ Luke (three) and Paul (two). In this paper we will discuss Andrea Yates behaviors‚ treatments and court case where she was found not guilty by reason of insanity. After Andrea’s first pregnancy‚ in 1994‚ she started experiencing postpartum depression. She experienced hallucinations
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