Paranoid Schizophrenia Megan B. Sasser Psychology 100-WI Dr. Gwynne Pacheco May 5‚ 2010 Schizophrenia For almost twenty years Ian Chovil (n.d.) was unaware that his behaviors and thoughts were the results from the disabling brain disorder known as schizophrenia. Although Ian was able to go to college and earn his undergraduate degree‚ he failed graduate school‚ had no friends‚ hardly spoke with family‚ was unable to hold a job for very long‚ and even went homeless for a time. In a frightening
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Schizophrenia is an illness that was named by Eugen Bleuler in 1908. Bleuler named the illness Schizophrenia because the illness is essentially the splitting of the mind that causes the mind to no longer function as a whole‚ with behavior‚ emotion‚ and reason working together. It does not mean there are multiple personalities‚ but rather multiple realities (FUSAR-POLI‚ PAOLO‚ and PIERLUIGI POLITI). Schizophrenia is one of the most difficult mental illnesses to understand because every culture has
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Describe two explanations of schizophrenia and evaluate these explanations (9 and 16 marks) Two explanations of schizophrenia are the biological perspective and the psychological perspective. The biological perspective involves genetic factors that influence schizophrenia‚ however the psychological perspective involves environmental factors in which you learn the behaviour of a schizophrenic. The first explanation is the biological perspective‚ it has two subtypes‚ these are biochemical and
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their themes or meanings across to the reader. In the poem “Schizophrenia”‚ Jim Stevens uses personification of the house to give the poem its overall meaning. Personification and symbolism are the most important poetic elements to “Schizophrenia” because they are used to describe how the house can never be the same after the effects of schizophrenia and how the house personifies and symbolizes a family and the person with schizophrenia. One of the first major and noticeable uses of personification
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Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a severe and chronic brain disorder in which a person interprets actual reality abnormally. It is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to think clearly‚ have normal responses to emotions‚ act normal in a social setting‚ and tell the difference between their own interpretation of reality and actual reality. There are several types of Schizophrenia: paranoid‚ undifferentiated‚ disorganized‚ residual‚ and catatonic schizophrenia. The assumption is that schizophrenia
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The Causes and Effects of Schizophrenia In Children Schizophrenia is one of the most severe mental illnesses that affects one to two percent of people worldwide. The disorder more commonly affects people between the ages of 16 and 25‚ though it is very rare schizophrenia can develop at a very young age. Even though the causes of schizophrenia are still unknown‚ perinatal viral infections‚ traumatic events and substance abuse can be some of the leading factors when diagnosing someone with the
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elements of Epigenetics in the most unexpected areas‚ such as this schizophrenia is a dreadful mental illness‚ and if untreated can completely disable a person. People suffering this disease lose all perception of the real world‚ and know only their own hallucinatory and delusional world. Normal cognitive‚ emotional‚ and societal responses are seemingly lost. Most people are misled in believing that people suffering from schizophrenia are most often dangerous and violet‚ however‚ this isn’t the case
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Describe two biological therapies for schizophrenia and then evaluate each in terms of effectiveness (8 + 16 marks): One biological therapy is the use of typical anti-psychotic drugs‚ such as Chlorpromazine. The main aim of this drug is to treat schizophrenia by reducing the amount of dopamine in the brain. This is because high levels of dopamine are thought to cause schizophrenia‚ therefore by reducing the amount of dopamine‚ the symptoms of schizophrenia should reduce. Typical anti-psychotic drugs
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Schizophrenia and It’s This paper will go over the basics of what schizophrenia. The various types of treatments that are available for patients with Schizophrenia will be covered more in depth. Treatments “To be a schizophrenic it is best summed up in a repeating dream that I have had since childhood. In this dream I am lying on a beautiful sunlit beach but my body is in pieces . . . . I realize that the tide is coming in and that I am unable to gather the parts of my dismembered body
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Schizophrenia: Symptoms‚ Treatments‚ and Ethical Responsibility Schizophrenia is a severe‚ debilitating‚ and a chronic mental illness that affects nearly 1% of the world’s population and over two million people in the United States (R. Dryden- Edwards‚ “Schizophrenia”). Schizophrenia falls in the category of psychotic mental disorders which are characterized by behavior‚ thought‚ and social problems as symptoms. Schizophrenia described as a brain disorder that affects the balance in dopamine‚ serotonin
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