The term schizophrenia’ covers a group of serious psychotic disorders characterised by a loss of contact with reality. It comes from two Greek words: schiz meaning split’ and phren meaning mind’. DSM IV (1994) estimate that the occurrence rate of schizophrenia ranges from 0.2%-2.0% worldwide. There are two main explanations of schizophrenia: the biological explanations and the psychological explanations. In this essay I will critically consider the biological explanations. These include genetics
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mayo clinic schizophrenia is define as a group of severe brain disorder. In which some people may interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations delusions‚ and disordered thinking and behavior. The word schizophrenia means a disruption of the usual balance of emotions and thinking. Schizophrenia is a chronic condition which required lifelong treatment. (www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizophrenia/DS00196 Cached) According to the text schizophrenia may begin
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Premorbid Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia and Depression Karen S. Rutledge PSY 326 Research Methods Instructor: Jessica Wayman November 12‚ 2012 Premorbid Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia and Depression Introduction Depression is an illness that affects a person’s thoughts‚ mood‚ and even physical health. Depression is described as having feelings of overwhelming sadness‚ emptiness‚ and worthlessness. Depression can become severe enough that it begins to interfere with a person’s
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"Schizophrenia" By Jim Stevens "Schizophrenia" by Jim Stevens is a poem depicting the way a schizophrenic person ’s brain works. In the first line of the poem Jim Stevens says "It was the house that suffered the most". Although he is using the visualization of a house‚ I believe that he is really just using imagery to portray a human. I believe that each stanza portrays a different symptom of Schizophrenia. Through my studies of this poem‚ I was unable to find any documentation of the poet‚ Jim
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Schizophrenia has long been a mystery to researchers‚ the causes seemed endless and strikingly unrelated. This year‚ in January researchers believe that they have found a genetic cause for the disease. One of many causes for the disease but an exciting new discovery. They have determined that an alteration in the gene they call C4‚ seems to be involved in disrupting connections between the neurons found in the brain. This elimination in the connections is a process that happens natural in the teen
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs Schizophrenia means “the splitting of psychic functions.” It is a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment‚ by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life‚ and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling‚ thought‚ perception‚ and behavior. The first symptoms start to appear in young adulthood. “Its symptoms are complex and diverse; they overlap greatly with those of other psychiatric
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Psychological explanations of Schizophrenia |Explanations |Studies (A01/A02) |Key Points | |Psychological | |AO1 | |
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According to the biological approach the mental disorder Schizophrenia will have an underlying physical cause such as imbalance of hormones‚ brain damage and infection. There is strong evidence that biological factors influence the presence of Schizophrenia. There are certain chemical abnormalities that can be observed in people suffering from schizophrenia. Post-mortems on schizophrenics have shown unusually high levels of dopamine. Dopamine is a brain chemical that increases the sensitivity of
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not as structured as in paranoid. | |Note: Responds well to medication | | |Two types of schizophrenia: |Characterised by delusions (particularly of persecution) and hallucinations – | | |symptoms such as disorganised
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Schizophrenia is defined as a group of psychotic disorders involving major disturbances in perception‚ language‚ thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior; the individual withdraws from people and reality‚ often into a fantasy life of delusions and hallucinations. Schizophrenia means ’split mind‚’ but the name really refers to the fragmenting of thought processes and emotions found in schizophrenic disorders. Schizophrenia is characterized by psychological disturbances in five areas; perception‚ language‚ thought
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