Annotated Bibliography: Living With Schizophrenia

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1 Running head: [SCHIZOPHRENIA] Living with Schizophrenia April 13, 2012 2 Living with [Schizophrenia] Schizophrenia affects about 1 adult in 100, which amounts to more than 2 million people in the United States (International Schizophrenia Consortium et [al]. 2009; Perala et. al., 2007). “Nearly 1 million people are treated for schizophrenia each year, with about one third receiving hospitalized care” [Nevid, 2012, 443]. Schizophrenia is an interesting mental disorder. I know someone who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a teenager. I am interested in learning more information to share with this person. I read three articles on schizophrenia; one article discussed the advantages of using a smartphone on schizophrenic patients. The second [article] discussed…show more content…
Com) - “A unique research project based at Aarhus University will be known as “The Lund beck Foundations Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric [Research, iPSYCH, 2012, 225]”. The grant of DKK 121 m from the Lund Beck foundation is the largest grant ever awarded to Danish psychiatric research. One critic says “Is it possible to prevent the development of schizophrenia? Can certain patients develop autism if they carry a specific gene and have been exposed to a viral fetal injection? Should all ADHD patients take the same type of medication?” (News RX [Health], 2012). The project will study five different mental disorders. One writer says “The main goal is to identify causes and to find treatments,

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