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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Access Effects of paliperidone extended release on the symptoms and functioning of schizophrenia Min-Wei Huang1‚2‚ Tsung-Tsair Yang3‚ Po-Ren Ten4‚ Po-Wen Su5‚ Bo-Jian Wu6‚ Chin-Hong Chan7‚ Tsuo-Hung Lan7‚ I-Chao Liu3‚ Wei-Cheh Chiu8‚ Chun-Ying Li1‚ Kuo-Sheng Cheng1‚9 and Yu-Chi Yeh8* Abstract Background: We aimed to explore relations between symptomatic remission and functionality evaluation in schizophrenia patients treated with paliperidone extended-release (ER)‚ as seen in a normal day-to-day
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Public Speaking (SPCH1101) Speech Formal Outline Example To complete the formal outline for your Informative Speech‚ use this as one example of a formal outline to help you in your efforts. You are also encouraged to use the formal outline examples in your textbook. Please note that the labels in bold and yellow do not need to be included in your formal outline. Formal Outline: "Teen Suicide" Peter Klemin Introduction I. Attention Catcher: Julie was sitting on the swing in her back yard crying
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Schizophrenia and Substance Abuse; Which Came First‚ the Chicken or the Egg? Terry V. Hites Prof. Bramlage Dual Diagnosis / Co-Occurring Disorders December 6‚ 2008 Schizophrenia and substance abuse; which came first‚ the chicken or the egg? This is a greatly debated topic within families of schizophrenics that abuse alcohol. In this paper I hope to explore the prevalence of substance use with those that suffer from schizophrenia‚ the age of onset and the age of first use‚ treatment
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susceptible to the severe and persistent mental illness of Schizophrenia. This mental illness is a debilitating brain disorder ‚ with onset in late adolescence and early adulthood (DSM-IV-TR‚ 2000). To get a clearer perception of this illness the author will use a case study to illustrate how this disorder is understood. John is fifteen year old youth on his second admission to hospital. John was diagnosed with early on-set of schizophrenia last year and has been tried on numerous medications. John
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Station of Schizophrenia SPEAKER 1: Hello everyone and welcome to mind night here at Mars Hill University. In our station we will be discussing the effect of Schizophrenia on the mind and body. Over here *points to slab* we have a section of a human brain to show which areas of the brain are affected. Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder which changes a person’s idea of reality. Everything around them becomes altered due to the particular areas in the brain which are affected by Schizophrenia‚ which
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Name: Instructor: Course: English 101-01S Outline Date: Monday‚ Nov 1st‚ 2013 Introduction I. When you think of a homeless person or bum‚ do you think of a drug addicts‚ alcoholics‚ crack-heads? II. I want to inform the audience of the many reasons that cause homelessness and what brings a person to become homeless. III. It isn’t always drug or alcohol addiction that creates homeless situations. Body I. Who‚ and why are they homeless? A. Families with children. 30% B. Children
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Informative Speech Outline “Depression” INTRODUCTION I. Good evening everyone! Many of us have face depression sometime before or maybe facing it now. II. This is something that most of us feel at one time or another in our lives. III. I have taken some time to research three websites all about depression as well as have experienced it myself in my life. IV. Depression is the most common mental disorder and according to the National Institute of Mental Health‚ about 9.5 percent of the population
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Outline and evaluate the biological approach to abnormality? The biological or medical approach regards abnormality as illness or disease. Mental illness is thought to be related to the physical structure and functioning of the brain. There are four possible causal factors of abnormality: brain damage‚ infection‚ biochemistry and genes. The first factor is brain damage. Abnormal behaviour may occur if the structure of the brain is damaged in some way. Once disease or brain damage has caused mental
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Outline and Evaluate the biological approach to abnormality The biological approach sees abnormality as a physical illness and removes psychological blame and responsibility for the behaviour form the patients. Biochemistry; which is where abnormal functioning in the brain can be caused by abnormal levels of neurotransmitters and hormones. Neurotransmitters are the chemical messengers that allow neurones to communicate with one another at synapses. Hormones are chemical messengers that are secreted
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