Schizophrenia; An Open Book

Schizophrenia is a severe, disabling and chronic disorder that affects people. Schizophrenia is diagnosed as a psychotic disorder. This is because a person suffering from schizophrenia cannot tell their own thoughts, perceptions, ideas, and imaginations from the reality. There is continuing debate and research as to whether schizophrenia is one condition or a combination of more than one syndrome that have related features. People suffering from schizophrenia may seem perfectly fine until the time they talk actually talk about they are thinking. People with schizophrenia rely on others for help since they cannot care for themselves of hold a job. There is no cure for schizophrenia, but there is treatment that relieves some of the symptoms. People having the disorder will cope with the symptoms all their lives. There have been cases of people suffering from schizophrenia leading meaningful and rewarding lives. There are five types of schizophrenia namely paranoid, disorganized, residual, undifferentiated, and catatonic schizophrenia. This paper will discuss paranoid schizophrenia.

A Battle Against Himself CONNECTICUT - Ken Steele has heard voices most of his life. He was 14 years old when he started having auditory hallucinations. These voices commanded him to hurt himself and they were predicting his death. "Hang yourself," the voices told him. "The world will be better off. You 're no good, no good at all." The voices got louder and louder everyday and he was no longer in control of his life. They were. Ken’s behavior unexpectedly changed and Ken’s parents grew worried. No one was aware of what has happening. They took him to the family doctor, who announced that Ken had schizophrenia. Ken Steele at the age of 14 Subsequently,

One must inevitably confront the daunting face of adulthood. In J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger depicts the disheartening journey from adolescence to adulthood that Holden Caulfield endures. Although holden seeks the freedoms that mark adulthood, he has yet to take up the role of a truly mature citizen as the society conforming nature of those adults disgust him, leading him to his gradual mental decline. J. D. Salinger uses the immature character of Holden Caulfield as a means of revealing the difficult transition from adolescence to adulthood and its psychological effects.

A patient that shows sign such as regression, inappropriate affect, and other behaviors that are childish or bizarre most likely has disorganized schizophrenia. But this is not the only type of schizophrenia, there are others such as: Paranoid schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, undifferentiated schizophrenia, and lastly residual schizophrenia.

The character of Holden Caulfield from The Catcher in The Rye, is one of the most studied and theorized protagonists in literature to this day. He leaves critics mystified and speculating on the depths of the personality and the reasoning behind his actions. The story takes place in New York City following Holden’s explosion from a string of prestigious preparatory schools. Three days of meandering around the city gives the reader insight to his history and to the question of why, perhaps, he is less than mentally sound. The better answer to that question is found in the research of the man who created Holden and his world, J.D. Salinger.

Schizophrenia is a very complex disorder and people who suffer from this disorder suffer in different ways. Schizophrenia is a psychological

Over the last few decades Schizophrenia has become embedded in mainstream vernacular as any behavior or emotional response that is out of touch with reality. However even with its popularity heightened through movies and headline news stories, schizophrenia is still one of the most enigmatic and least understood disorders of the brain. With current research focused on the role of neurobiology and functioning on a cellular level, investigative analysis has merited new innovations towards its source, however a single organic cause for the disorder still eludes scientists. Although the foundation of the affliction is still unknown, its effects are well documented and over the next few pages will show the changes in the brain as the disease

Disorganized schizophrenia is defined as one of several subtypes of schizophrenia as chronic (long-term) mental illness. It is thought to be extreme expression of disorganized syndrome that has been hypothesized to be one feature of a 3-factor model of schizophrenia. The other factors are delusions/hallucination (reality distortion), and psychomotor poverty (poor speech, lack of spontaneous movement, and blunting emotion). People who suffer from this mental illness had to battle for years before getting any help. Also, people that have disorganized schizophrenia use and abuse drugs. There is about 1% of the population who suffer from this mental illness. In my paper I will speak about the treatment, symptoms, causes, of disorganized schizophrenia.

The symptoms of schizophrenia vary, however, they have been categorized as positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms. Positive symptoms may include hallucinations, delusions, and / or thought disorder. Hallucinations normally give a false perception of touch, smell, taste, and / or visit, those with this particular mental disorder often experience auditory hallucinations. Delusions are also a sign of schizophrenia. Open quotations delusions are beliefs that are not part of the person's culture and do not change. Quotation parentheses u.s. Department, print the seas, 2010. These may cause a person that has this disorder, to think or feel as if they are victims in imagine conspiracy. It is also shown that they believe they are being controlled

Many people today believe they are experts on schizophrenia due to hollywood titles such as 1948 blockbuster The Snake Pit or the 2001 hit A Beautiful Mind. However, many people do not know the cause, the symptoms, or the experiences people who suffer from schizophrenia face. Schizophrenia is a psychological disorder characterized by a split between thought and emotion where a person has difficulty distinguishing whether altered thoughts, perceptions, & conscious experiences are real versus imagined (Grison, Heatherton, and Gazzaniga, 2015, p. 518).

Mr L is an 58 year old taxi driver with a long history of abdominal discomfort and dyspepsia. He is consulting for progressive tiredness and fatigue which has troubled him over the past 8 months. He has a 6-month history of unintentional weight loss of a total of 4 kg body weight, which initially started with depression due to the death of two of this brothers. His bowel motions has recently changed from once daily to constipation for 3-4 days, followed by one or two loose bowel motions a day. He has also recently lost his appetite which has contributed to further weight loss. Due to his job he describes himself as being ‘always on the go’, with a habit of eating unhealthy take away food. He used to consider himself as being relatively fit but is now experiencing shortness of breath on little exercise. A colonoscopy was done 8 years ago which was normal.

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

Throughout history, people have been affected by various psychological disorders. Among them is schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic disorder that disenables the brain. Schizophrenia is a complex and severe mental disorder that affects an estimated one percent of the total global population (Varcarolis & Halter, 2010). According to the Schizophrenia Society of Canada (2015), about 300,000 Canadians suffer from schizophrenia along with other related diseases (2015). The major symptoms of schizophrenia consist figment of the imagination, associative looseness, having mixed feelings, delusions, disordered speech and thinking, social isolation, and autism (Varcarolis & Halter, 2010). Varcarolis and Halter (2010) share the evidence

I arrived at school, I heard Shly died in a plane crash and that one no survive, I felt depressed. First of all I was sad when I heard she died. I was in 4 grade in Buffalo ridge when this happened. I had a sad attitude when I heard her name. The plane crash hit a island and no one survived. Some people felt pity for me since she died. Even though, I was sad I still had the best memories of her. We bond together like we write secret notes to each other when we get bored. Me and Shly eat lunch together and laugh. We also help each other when one of us are left behind. In the end, I had to talk to people how I felt. I was involved with the counselor and I had to talk to them, they were positive I would get better. My teacher told

           The patient M. is a 26 year old married female who was brought to the ER by her husband after increased anxiety and depression worsened after a “spiritual attack” that lasted for over four days.  While in the ER the patient admitted to hearing multiple distant male and female voices all around her head and outside of her head.  She states not being able to make out the message but interprets them to be negative in nature. She told the ER Doc she felt people were trying to harm her and that “people in her life have used things against her.”  She felt her extended family may have used witchcraft and “chakra dolls” to cast spells on her.  She is cognizant of the strangeness of her claims but believes them to be real