It can be very difficult to tell whether negative symptoms are part of the schizophrenia, or whether they are present because you are reacting to other frightening or distressing symptoms. For example, a person with a mental health problem may be discriminated against or ignored which may cause them to feel isolated and depressed and so they withdraw. About one in every hundred people is diagnosed with schizophrenia during their lifetime and everyone diagnosed with schizophrenia will have a different experience of the
A diagnosis can consist of hallucinations, delusions, strange behavior, lack of social skills, inability to feel pleasure, poverty of speech, and psychomotor retardation. There are many speculations about the causes of schizophrenia—some even believe that cannabis use (especially at such a young age) can increase the likelihood of forming it; along with a light body weight. Also, there are treatments out there for schizophrenia but the one that works the most effectively is an antipsychotic drug working in about 70% of patients. Only about 1 in 5 people recover from schizophrenia because some refuse the drugs or relapse from major stressors or the family
The current belief is that there are a number of genes that contribute to susceptibility of schizophrenia, but none exhibit full responsibility for the disease. It is believed that schizophrenia is much like diabetes, which is caused by a number of genetic and environmental factors. Research also increasingly suggests that - like diabetes - many cases of schizophrenia may be
Should everyone with a family history of schizophrenia be screened for the gene that causes it? Schizophrenia is the most persistent and disabling of the major mental illnesses. It usually attacks people between the ages of 16 and 30, as they are beginning to realize their potential. It affects approximately one in 100 people worldwide, (one per cent of the population), affecting men and women almost equally. While it is treatable in many cases, there is as yet no cure for schizophrenia (World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders, 1997-09).
Other psychiatric problems such as depression, Alzheimer’s, and dementia are not based on lab test either. Almost all of today’s known mental disorders would be eliminated and go untreated if we recognized diseases based solely on test done in a lab. However, recent studies think that have found the cause of ADHD. According to Health and Daily News “Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a real disease linked to changes in production of the brain chemical dopamine, two new reports suggest.” In the first report researchers found that a variation in the dopamine receptor gene may help cause the behavioral condition of ADHD. Lead researcher Dr. Phillip Shaw said, "If you have a certain variant of this gene, you have a greatly increased risk of having ADHD."
A VIEW On schizophrenia Stephanie Torres Center for allied health College writing June 23, 2013 Abstract This Apa paper is a view on schizophrenia, it discusses the cause, treatments, symptoms as well as how this illness affects a persons daily life. Further more this paper addresses how society views this mental disorder. Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe disabling brain disorder. According to Lippincott Williams &Wilkins, Psychiatric nursing made Incredibly Easy,2004,p.139 affecting approximately 1% of the American population, one in every hundred persons. Its characterized by hallucinations, delusions thought disorder and social with draw.
Crow (1980) distinguishes between two types of schizophrenia: Type 1 is characterised by positive symptoms were something is added to the sufferer’s personality such as auditory or visual hallucinations; Type 2 is characterised by negative symptoms where something is take away such as there is lack of emotion or limited use of speech. Validity, reliability and cultural relativism are three examples of issues. Validity is seen as the system of classification and diagnosed through reflecting the true nature of the problem, accurate reflection of the prognosis and if the prediction is successful of the treatments. Because schizophrenia shares many symptoms with other disorders, Schneider (1959) argues that the content of the symptom is more important than the symptom itself eg the type of hallucination instead of the individual having them. Schizophrenia cannot be diagnosed if an existing mood disorder or developmental disorder has been diagnosed, or if there are organic origins.
Analyzing Psychological Disorders PSY/240 Only about 1.2% of American’s (roughly 3.2 million) suffer from schizophrenia so while it is not a common disorder, it is a very serious, chronic and disabling disorder (MentalHelp.net, 2015). A person who is suffering from schizophrenia may hear voices that nobody else hears, they might believe people are reading their minds or controlling their thoughts, or even plotting to harm, maybe even kill them. Obviously this is very scary to the person enduring this so they might be easily agitated or withdrawn from others. The cause of schizophrenia, like most mental disorders is not completely understood but is thought to be a combination of a few different things. Schizophrenia tends to run in families.
Schizophrenia & Other Psychotic Disorders: Schizophrenia, Delusional Disorder, brief Psychosis, Schizo-affective Disorder & Shared Psychotic Disorder. SchizophreniaSchizophrenia is a psychotic illness which can affect people in variety of ways, there is no evidence as yet why one develops the illness. Studies suggest there can be a combination of factors which can trigger the illness. It is agreed by health professionals that schizophrenia is most likely caused by a combination of factors, which can include the following: Dopamine is one of the chemicals that carry messages between brain cells and if there is too much Dopamine it can be a factor of one developing the illness. Genetic can play a big part in someone developing the illness as they are more vulnerable to the illness.
I have often heard people saying the word "retard", and the first thing that comes to my mind is people with Aspergers Diseases (though I know that this was wrong of me). Another example of how 'retard' is associated with autistic people is through the work of famous recording artists. Drake and J. Cole's song “Jodeci" for example includes a line where they call autistic people "retarded.”I’ve argued for the use of a different word before, but after reading "The Truth about Autism," I learned that the notion that three quarters of autistic people are mentally restated is incorrect. Individuals with autism have brilliant and creative minds, and their gifts should not be discounted. In conclusion, the compelling fact I learned was that people with Autism are often harmfully mislabeled "retards."