Overview Of The Etiology Of Schizophrenia

In an attempt to gain a position as a psychologist, I will be discussing schizophrenia and the disorder’s casual factors, associated symptoms, the areas of the brain it affects, and the neural basis of the disorder. I will continue on to discuss appropriate drug therapies. In addition I will also be reviewing two separate case studies, each on a different disorder. I will be examining each problem from the perspective of a bio psychologist. I will define the patient’s diagnosis at length I will relate each case to the nature-nurture theory, and talk about any helpful drug interventions or solutions for each disorder. When talking about drug intervention, it is also important to discuss the positive and

Outline and evaluate one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia (8 marks AO1/16 marks AO1)

Schizophrenia is a mental health condition that is the base of several psychological symptoms. There are many people out there who suffer from this disorder and have no idea on how to cure it. Some people tend to spend their whole life with this disorder; whilst others get it treated as soon as they see first sign or symptom of it. Schizophrenia is not a disorder that cannot be treated; with the right kind of treatment, the disorder can be controlled and the individual suffering from it can be cured. The paper will discuss the schizophrenia disorder in detail, causes, risk, signs & symptoms, and treatments of it.

In the world today, there are many illnesses and disorders that affect people each and every day. One illness in particular that is very big in the US and all around the world is Schizophrenia. It is also the most researched topic. A person who is diagnosed with Schizophrenia lives a very different lifestyle than someone who is not. Many people would consider a person with schizophrenia to be “crazy.” Sadly enough, people with this illness do posses symptoms that might come off as crazy or insane. There are many different causes that come along with schizophrenia. A person who is diagnosed may not know it at first but they do later realize that they have some interesting thoughts, depending on the type of symptoms they posses while having this illness. Although the symptoms may be very brutal and causes cannot be controlled, there still is hope and treatments for individuals who have schizophrenia.

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, neurochemistry, brain structure and evolution.

According to NAMI (), schizophrenia is a long term mental illness that interferes with a person’s ability to think clearly, make decisions, and relate to others, impairing a person from functioning to their full potential when left untreated. For these persons affected, it is many times difficult to distinguish what is real from what is not. “Unfortunately, no single simple course of treatment exists.” Research has linked schizophrenia to a multitude of possible causes” (NAMI).

Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder characterized by distorted thinking, impaired emotional responses, poor interpersonal skills and a distortion of reality. It is the most common of psychotic disorders that, in most countries around the world, affects around 1 per cent of the population. In terms of explanations for the disorder, two central types of explanations arise – psychological explanations and biological explanations. Whereas psychological explanations tend to focus on cognitive, emotional and environmental factors that may cause the disorder, biological explanations tend to focus on genetic, biochemical and neuro-anatomical factors as the cause of the

In this essay I will try to explain schizophrenia and talk about the main biological and psychological explanations, also showing how similar and different they are. Schizophrenia is defined in the oxford dictionary as 'a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. '1 schizophrenia has positive and negative symptoms, the positive being delusions, hallucinations and disordered thoughts whereas negative symptoms consist of expressionless faces, poverty of speech and lack of motivation.2 The

This paper defines schizophrenia from a biological and psychological perspective and also provides treatment to help combat symptoms of schizophrenia. This paper has three important contributions. First, by defining and expanding on schizophrenia from a biological perspective, I can identify the nature related predispositions. After expanding from a biological approach, secondly, I will analyze schizophrenia from a psychological aspect by determining if there is any environment or nurturing externals that can result to schizophrenia. Lastly, I will provide treatment details and also reveal early signs to schizophrenia. This paper is important because schizophrenia is an epic mental disease and it is crucially important to bring awareness to the public of how we can limit the illness. It is unclear whether schizophrenia have only a biological background or psychological background, but what was discovered is that both contribute to schizophrenia. Positive and negative treatment can be combatted undergoing pharmaceutical and psychotherapy,

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

Even thought recent studies still showing that the causes of Schizophrenia remains unknown, we may focus on the biological, psychological and physical causes of Schizophrenia. Leaving living? with Schizophrenia is described as one of the most difficult disorders to deal with, not only for the person who suffered from the disorder but also for the people around them. It is also important to mention that people that suffer from Schizophrenia have a clear difficulty holding a job or caring for them. During the many years of research about the causes of schizophrenia different models have been proposed. In addition to this models we may take a look at the physical and emotional reactions of schizophrenia runs in families and sometimes schizophrenia is been related to

The above brief statement is, according to Psychology Today, what defines Schizophrenia or a person that has schizophrenia; this statement is and would be accepted by many in the psychiatric field and many in the general public to represent what they would also define as schizophrenia. The aim of this paper is to test this definition, especially in reference to the words “illness” and “disease”, for it could be argued that schizophrenia doesn’t or at least shouldn’t fall under such medical or biological categorization. By addressing the theoretical underpinnings of the medical and social models of mental health and mental distress, especially in terms of the way schizophrenia is defined, diagnosed and treated it is hoped that it

Schizophrenia is a multifaceted disorder, where an extensive list of contributing factors have been revealed. Schizophrenia, as a mental illness, can be defined as a chronic, debilitating brain disorder which results in reality distortion and disrupted thoughts. Such an illness is then further subcategorised, where specifically withdrawal from the environment (behavioural aspect), and a noticeable deterioration in daily functioning (cognitive aspect) can be observed. In order to fathom the aetiological factors behind schizophrenia disorder, much research has been conducted. However, such research has revealed concerns for past theories attempting to explain the aetiology of schizophrenia. It is argued that a given theory may explain the cognitive

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current understanding of the complexity of schizophrenia. For over 100 years, many researchers have contributed to the understanding of what is possibly causing schizophrenia, how the disorder presents itself and progresses, as well as what the best methods of diagnosing and treating individuals are. In the past, individuals’ and families’ physicians were less involved in the diagnosis of the mental disorder due to the common understanding that it is an illness that is characterized by psychosis only. When analyzing the theories and research by Kraepelin, Bleuler, Wundt, as well as modern scientists, one can clearly distinguish the advancements which have

Schizophrenia is a very serious, long-term disorder that affects about 1% of the world’s population. It affects people anywhere from twenty years old, to forty-five years old. It is known to be one of the most disabling diseases in this age group. Schizophrenia can break down a person’s behaviors, emotions, and thoughts. People who suffer from schizophrenia usually show very inappropriate displays of their actions and feelings. Sufferers have been known to hear voices, even when there is nobody around them. They have problems controlling their thoughts, and sometimes blurt out things that are very inappropriate. This paper will outline the biological, social, and psychological