Chronic And Severe Mental Disorder

I chose to write my research paper over Schizophrenia. It is a psychological disorder that I have always found fascinating. It is a serious disorder that consumes a person's life and is nearly impossible to control. In this paper, I will talk about the definition of Schizophrenia, the diagnosis of Schizophrenia, Schizophrenia in children, suicide, sexually related characteristics of the disease, sleep disorders caused by the disease, differences in the disease on different ethnicities, and insensitivity to pain.

Throughout the many years, there have been many negative public perceptions of Schizophrenia, which is known by majority of the public as an indication of mental illness. This disorder is most of the time perceived by the public as caused by psychological factors. People with this mental illness are considered to be unpredictable and threatening (Angermeyer & Matschinger, 2003, p. 526). Most patients have a behavioural dysfunction. Victims, families and society carry a substantial burden due to this illness (Wood & Freedman, 2003).

They can be sensory, as if they think they are burning, tingling or stinging, when in reality they are not. They can feel robotic and apart from their own body or visually see something that is not there. The delusions are when they are holding strong beliefs that are not real, and they also have “loose associations” which they jump from topic to topic. Anhedonia is when a person no longer enjoys or takes pleasure in activities that usually have fun doing. Avolition is the lack of motivation to accomplish goals. A person must be suffering from these disturbances for an extended period of time to be diagnosed as a schizophrenic, because there are other psychotic disorders that have like symptoms. There are different ages people can actually develop this suffering. There is the adolescent onset of ages 10-17 years old, the early adult onset of ages 18-30 years old, the middle age onset of 30-45 years old, and the late onset of 45+ years old. No matter the age group, they all may be in what some refer to as a “land of fantasy”. Schizophrenia has been found in all cultures worldwide. The perception of the illness within the culture can affect the diagnosis, treatment, and the support for the individual who is being examined. Schizophrenic clues that can help determine if one is suffering is when one hears voices or has urges to harm themselves or others, has feelings of being

Schizophrenia is characterized as a psychotic disease that dramatically affects one 's nervous system to a point of where every day basic functions can be inhibited. It is defined as the loss of contact with the external environment the person is in due to delusional thoughts and hallucinations. Perception and behavior of someone plagued with this disease is notably altered and their actions can become a concern of the people around them. Like many other diseases that affect the nervous system it is not curable at the current time but it can be treated to lessen the signs and symptoms of the disease.

There are many reasons for this medical dilemma, not the least of these, the disease process itself. Even in the most severe episode the schizophrenic patient doesn’t truly understand their need for treatment or their illness because 97% of schizophrenia patients suffer from extreme lack of insight. This symptom, in and of

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which impacts the patient for their entire life following diagnosis. It involves neurasthenia's of reality, which lead to neurotic interpretations, disengaging from reality and creating fragmentations psychologically which can derive thoughts of homicidal/suicidal actions. Subsequently, often times people with schizophrenia are categorized as different types, such as schizoaffective, catatonic, early-onset, hebephrenia, and paranoid. The disease itself edits into the persons mood and mentality, sometimes causing an onset of depression or homicidal

According to the DSM -5, Schizophrenia affect a person psychologically, as well as physical. The psychological effects of schizophrenia include, severe depression, hallucinations, emotional outburst, psychosis, extreme anxiety, irrational thoughts, suicidal thoughts, and perception. The physical effects includes, insomnia, loss of appetite, catatonia a state of immobility, self-inflicted injuries, and weight loss. Schizophrenics certainly can’t live a normal life, especially among the ones they love because it is hard for them to socialize with others. Here is an article from the New York Post, January 25, 2014. Sean Farrell, a 24 year old schizophrenic man killed his mother with an ax, he then called his grandmother to confess about the murder claiming he should have taken his life and hope that no one was mad at him. Family members of the murderer said he had stopped taking his medications weeks prior to the murder; his mother was worried. According to the victim’s father, the day before the murder the victim had plans to take him to a mental facility for an evaluation. Sean was found mentally incompetent to stand trial by two psychologists. His Obsession with aliens made him believe that he was from space and landed on Antarctica in 1970. The main point of this article, is to point out that a person living with schizophrenia isn’t aware of what he or she is

Schizophrenia is a disease that has plagued societies around the world for centuries, although it was not given its formal name until 1911. It is characterized by the presence of positive and negative symptoms. Positive symptoms are so named because of the presence of altered behaviors, such as delusions, hallucinations (usually auditory), extreme emotions, excited motor activity, and incoherent thoughts and speech. (1,2) In contrast, negative symptoms are described as a lack of behaviors, such as emotion, speech, social interaction, and action. (1,2) These symptoms are by no means concrete. Not all schizophrenic patients will exhibit all or even a majority of these symptoms, and there is some

When a person has schizophrenia many of their abilities are going to be compromised. Some of those abilities are that they may not be able to think clearly, manage their emotions, or have the ability to be able to make decisions (National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI], 2018). With the person not being able to have these specific abilities, they may seem like they are not in touch with reality. This mental illness is not as common as many of the other ones are (National Institute of Mental Health [NIH], 2016). This mental illness affects about 1% of Americans which equals out to be around 2.4 million adults (NAMI, 2018). With that being said many people may not know much about what schizophrenia is and how a personality develops in a person

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects the brain in many different ways. Schizophrenic people may be delusional, confused, agitated, and have a loss of personality. The word schizophrenia comes from the word skhizein meaning “to split”. Families of schizophrenics may be harmed and affected because anyone suffering from schizophrenia isn’t able to handle a job or care for anyone. Anyone with schizophrenia has to cope with the disorder for the rest of his life because treatment cannot fully demolish the disease. Neurotransmitters in schizophrenics don’t function properly. Till this day, there isn’t any test that can diagnose a person with schizophrenia. However, there are symptoms that can diagnose a person with schizophrenia, those

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder that is characterized by a variety of symptoms and the disorganization of feeling and thought. It is an incurable disease whose causes are unknown, yet whose effects are mind and body crippling. (Young, 1988, p.13-14) This topic was chosen because it is interesting to study a disorder that worldwide, is viewed as a classic example of madness and insanity. Another reason of interest is because unlike many illnesses, schizophrenia doesn't have a noticeable pattern and its difficulty to be diagnosed as a disease makes the collection of statistics difficult. It is important to learn more about schizophrenia because a significant numbr of people are affected everyday

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that effect to critical thinking and emotional response. Most of the symptoms include delusion, hallucination, agitation, and lack of replies. Patient thinks something happen when it hasn't. Gene and environment contribute to development of schizophrenia. People who have relative with schizophrenia have more significantly increased risk for developing schizophrenia than others. The effects of schizophrenia can limit your ability in daily life. Most of the patient can’t accept that they’re ill. Schizophrenia need life-long treatment. Nowaday,the most reliable treatment are with medications and psychosocial therapy. In severe case, hospitalization is the best way for

Treatment for mental health disorders have evolved over the last few decades. Researchers have developed new method and strategies that differ from those of the previous centuries. In the precatalytic days of psychiatric development, most individuals diagnosed with a mental illness were deemed untreatable (cite). Or forced to undergo unethical and gruesome techniques which cause very little relief of psychiatric symptoms. Although treatment has come a long way, professionals continue to discover new strategies to manage psychiatric symptoms daily.

Behavioral Treatment for Substance Abuse in Serious and Persistent Mental Illness (BTSAS) is a comprehensive behavioral treatment model that has been shown to decrease substance use in individuals with serious and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI), people with a traditionally high incidence of co-occurring disorders. For those with SPMI, substance use disorders are associated with greater impairment including: “severe psychiatric symptoms, worse clinical outcomes, poor medication compliance, frequent relapses and hospitalizations, as well as higher rates of violence, suicide, and homelessness” (Tenhula, Bennett, and Kinnaman, 2009, p.832). Therefore, the availability of practical and effective treatment modalities are of the utmost importance

Schizophrenia, unlike most disorders, is a standout amongst the most genuine of the mental disorders. It is known that one in a hundred individuals are affected by it, and starts in either youth or early adulthood. Schizophrenia brings social interruption, anguish and hardship to the individuals who experience the ill effects of it, as well as to their family. Under those circumstances, it is known to be the most devastating of all disorders. There are both negative and positive symptoms when it comes to dealing with schizophrenia. Despite the fact that there are various negative indications, the most present one is limitations or absence in thoughts and behaviours that are characteristics in normal functioning. For this