Symptoms And Treatments Of Schizophrenia

The actual term “Schizophrenia” was coined by a Swiss psychiatrist name Eugen Bleuler in around 1911. Bleuler believed that Krapelin’s name for the disease was inaccurate because Schizophrenia did not always lead to a mental deterioration of the brain and it could occur at almost any time in a person’s life. The word Schizophrenia come from two Greek roots Schizo (meaning split) and Phrene (meaning mind) because people who develop this disorder often have fragmented thinking. Schizophrenia can be defined as “a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental

Schizophrenia occurs in people from all cultures and from all walks of life. Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that affects a small portion of the population in the world. When schizophrenia is active there are many different symptoms that can appear. Some symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, trouble with thinking and concentration, and lack of motivation. When these symptoms are treated, most people with schizophrenia will improve over time with treatment. With the different studies we are able to see how schizophrenia works in different ways. The different ways being what is happening in the brain when a person has schizophrenia. Along with the different treatments from counseling to medication what works better.

In 1809, physician John Haslam published an account of what he considered “A form of insanity”. Haslam described many symptoms that are relevant to modern day schizophrenia including delusions of grandeur and hallucinations. During the latter part of the nineteenth century, a German psychiatrist named Emil Kraepelin expanded on Haslam’s views and gave a more accurate description of schizophrenia as we know it today. Kraeplin started off by combining terms including different types of insanity under one term: Catatonia, and delusions of grandeur and persecution: paranoia. Kraepelin also separated dementia praecox from manic depressive illness, or bipolar disorder (Barlow,

In the early 1900’s, Eugen Bleuler coined the term “schizophrenia.” Schizophrenia is from the Greek roots “schizo” meaning split and “phrene” meaning mind. This specific mental illness is commonly characterized by hallucinations, delusions, and very unresponsive emotional behavior. Delusions are most commonly those of grandeur, persecution, and reference. Delusions of grandeur are characterized by the belief that you have special powers you do not possess. The belief everyone is after you is what makes up delusions of persecution. Lastly, the belief that everyone is talking about you and everything pertains to you is what delusions of reference are characterized by. In addition, the patient often suffers from

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Many people may have the following questions about schizophrenia. How long has schizophrenia been around? How does someone know if they have schizophrenia? How is this disorder treated? How does this disorder affect family members or caregivers? And how does schizophrenia affect the brain? This paper will answer a few of these questions surrounding the mental psychotic disorder called schizophrenia.

Delusions are one of the most common symptoms to schizophrenia. Delusions are false beliefs that the patient believes is true. An example is when the patient believes someone is following them or “out to get them”. Just like schizophrenia, delusions also have subtypes. The first subtype is erotomanic which is when they believe that someone is in love with them and they will go through many obstacles just to try to contact them. The next subtype is grandiose. Grandiose is when the person believes that they are famous or have a lot of power over others. The persecution subtype is when they feel that someone is against them or spreading rumors about them. The forth subtype is jealousy, and is when the patient believes that their spouse isn’t being committed to the relationship. The final subtype to delusions is somatic. The patient believes that there is

The term Schizophrenia was only coined approximately 100 years ago by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler; however, there is evidence that the symptoms of schizophrenia predate this coinage. Although nonspecific, the concept of madness has been seen throughout history. Instances of depression, dementia, and thought disturbances can be seen in the ancient Egyptian Ebers Papyrus and there is archeological evidence that people of the Stone Age tried to presumably release evil spirits through burr holes. Until the 18th century, mental illness or madness was seen as a punishment of god. After this period, mental illness was seen as a result of exposure to psychological stress.

Recognition and treatment of mental illness has undergone a tremendous metamorphosis over the past three centuries, with the very definition of "insanity" having encountered a most significant evolution. What was sane and what was normal was completely left

Schizophrenia refers to a long-term psychotic illness that’s cause is still largely unknown despite dating back to 1550 BC Egypt , and being observed in all cultures and socioeconomic groups - including remote racial enclaves such as the Australian Aborigines who were isolated about 60,000 years ago . Its diagnosis is mainly based on either of the two main current classification systems; ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases) and DSM-IV-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders) . Although the manifestations of schizophrenia is different from person to person, the most studies agree that the disorder is characterised by a range of both positive and negative symptoms - those that reflect an excess/distortion (positive) or a reduction/loss (negative) of normal functions4 - and most schizophrenics portray some or all of the following; abnormal affects, disturbances in motor behaviour, thought disorders, delusions as well as most commonly observed being (auditory) hallucinations2. However, possibly due to the very complex characteristics of schizophrenia that’s mentioned above, a diagnosis is not straight

(course of the disorder)Schizophrenia is a severe cognitive impairment that interferes with a person’s mental or emotional and behavior, all of which have a bizarre aspect. Delusions, also generally bizarre, and hallucinations, generally auditory in type, also typically occur. The original name for this illness, “dementia praecox,” was coined by Emil Kraepelin, a German psychiatrist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, whose description of the illness remains a guiding force for modern investigators.. As soon as onset of the illness has occurred, it progresses with social impairment, which eventually leads

“Detailed descriptions of mental disorders such as mania, melancholia, dementia, delirium and hysteria have been

Many disorders and conditions that could not be treated in the past are now treatable and because of this life expectancy has increased. In addition, people of the United States have put together many movements to contribute financially to research of many illnesses. With our increased ability to prevent and understand new diseases comes greater life expectancy.

In 1896 and well into the 1900’s, psychologists predominantly believed in the theories of three men: German Dr. Emil Kraeplin, Dr. Sigmund Freud of Austria, and U.S. Dr. John B. Watson (Long 49). Kraeplin systematically studied the different conditions patients showed of the disease and classified them into four groups: paranoid, hebephrenic, catatonic, and simple (Collier’s 389).

Chapter 3 During the Middle Ages some “authorities” classified abnormal behaviors into two groups, those that resulted from demonic possession and those due to natural causes. The 19th-century German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin was the first modern theorist to develop a comprehensive model of classification based on the distinctive features, or symptoms, associated with abnormal behavior patterns (see Chapter 1). The most commonly used classification system today is largely an outgrowth and extension of Kraepelin’s work: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), published by the American Psychiatric Association. Why is it important to classify abnormal behavior? For one thing, classification is the core of science. Without labeling and organizing patterns of abnormal behavior, researchers could not communicate their findings to one another, and progress toward understanding these disorders would come to a halt. Moreover, important decisions are made on the basis of classification. Certain psychological disorders respond better to one therapy than another or to one drug than another.