Taking a Look at 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” is a relatively new label of an illness that has been identified throughout history since ancient Egyptian times. Prior to being named in 1911 by Eugen Bleuler, reports of illness with similar symptoms were being referred to as “dementia praecox”, meaning dementia in early life (The Internet Mental Health Initiative, 2015). Bleuler questioned the claim that this illness was a result of mental deterioration and instead believed “schizophrenia led to a heightened consciousness of memories and experiences” (Sussex Publishers, LLC., 2015). Bleuler combined Greek words “schizo” (split) and “phrene” (mind) to more accurately describe what he had observed in patients. He did not believe that the mind split into parts or personalities, but more so that the mind would split away from reality and existence into an altered state (Sussex Publishers, LLC., 2015).

Although the word schizophrenia has only existed since 1887 thanks to Dr. Emile Kraepelin, it has been prevalent for many centuries without the correct diagnosis. Due to insufficient information about science and medicine, since ancient times, people have blamed symptoms of neurocognitive disorders on evil spirits and demons. Religious officials believed that people who suffered from mental illnesses were cursed and that the dark spirits within them needed to be exorcised. Throughout the years, as medicine became slightly more scientific and reasonable, the spiritual

Analysis of schizophrenia in the world population has determined that the disease has a low incidence but a high prevalence due to the chronic

Schizophrenia was named in 1911 by Swiss Psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, but it is thought the disorder has been around for a much longer time. Although not called schizophrenia this disorder has been traced back to papyrus from 1550 B. C. Egypt and Stone Age skulls found with drill-like holes. The common theme of most behaviors of early times was madness. Neel Burton found madness was often thought of as punishment from God/the gods, and Hippocrates believe it a result of an imbalance in the four bodily humors and could be cured by special diets, purgatives and blood lettings (2012). There were times in history when religion became a cure for people plagued with these illnesses and most often asylums and monasteries become the treatment centers.

Schizophrenia occurs worldwide and is more common in urban environments compared to rural environments. Even though Schizophrenia has no cure as of now, treatments are available to alleviate the symptoms associated with Schizophrenia. The exact cause of Schizophrenia is unknown and there are many hypotheses present,

Schizophrenia has been around for many years. It was first discovered in the nineteenth century by Dr. Emil Kraepelin. According to the article “Schizophrenia: A Brief history,” Dr. Emil Kraepelin “was the director of the psychiatric clinic at the University of Estonia.” When he first discovered schizophrenia he called it Dementia Praecox. The first person to call it schizophrenia was Eugen Bleuler. The first part of the word “schizo” means split and “phrene” means mind. This describes the way that people with schizophrenia think. He worked to develop a way to diagnose the disease. It is believed that Schizophrenia is a cross between diseases like autism and the bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia is a mental illness that causes people to have

According to schizophrenia.com schizophrenia is a complex, debilitating mental disorder that 1-2% of the world population experience. It is a disorder of the brain that affects how people think, feel, and perceive. The purpose of this paper is to explore schizophrenia, in particular its signs, symptoms, etiology and pathophysiology, and then examine drug treatment and their mechanism of action. This will be followed by the prognosis for people with schizophrenia.

(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

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that often appears in someone’s early adulthood stage, but it can emerge at any point of time in life. This disorder affects the brain and is considered as psychosis, which is a type of mental illness that makes people with it unable to differentiate between reality and imagination. The first person to identify schizophrenia as a mental illness was German physician Dr. Emile Kraepelin in 1887 and categorized it as dementia that occurs early in life. The term ‘schizophrenia’ was made by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler in 1910 because Kraepelin’s definition of schizophrenia is misleading – schizophrenia is not dementia happening in the early stage of life. It is a derivation from Greek words ‘schizo’ and ‘phren’, which means ‘split’ and ‘mind’. However, schizophrenia is not related to multiple personality disorder.

Schizophrenia is a truly peculiar ailment, not only due to the nature of its symptoms, but also the vast range of interpretations it has been subject to over the ages. It has been attributed to terms such as “madness” or “possession”, and even mislabeled by those who have not taken the time to conduct in-depth research concerning its origins or agents of causation. This general misunderstanding of the disease has led to many controversies concerning the treatments and care given to those afflicted. I believe that even with the present advances in medicine and psychological awareness, the true definite causes and most effective treatments for schizophrenia are far from being discovered, mainly due to the constant generalization of symptoms among psychological disorders attributed to the society’s high demand for some form of treatment (no matter how minor the effect is), as well as the desire of drug companies to allocate revenue from the sale of pharmaceuticals. In spite of this, there is still the potential for a cure to be discovered in the far future, due to biogenetic research currently being conducted in order to better understand this disease.

Schizophrenia is a disease that affects how a person feels, thinks, and acts; a person with the disease will most likely struggle to identify reality from imaginary (Schizophrenia). People with Schizophrenia tend to be withdrawn (Schizophrenia). The word Schizophrenia was created by Paul Eugen Bleuler in 1910. While Bleuler created the term, Emil Kraepelin discovered the disease itself. Bleuler believed that Schizophrenia guided the mind to be in a state of heightened consciousness of experiences and memories (Psychology Today). Some people had believed that this disease was a punishment for angering God. In the early 1900s “fever therapy” was the most common form of treatment for people suffering from Schizophrenia (Psychology Today).

The term ‘Schizophrenia’ was introduced by Eugene Bleuler in 1908 to describe a set of symptoms previously labelled as dementia praecox. Schizophrenia refers to the splitting of different psychological symptoms within a single personality (Davey, G. 2014).

The word schizophrenia is less than one-hundred years old. In the late 1880s Dr. Emile Krapelin was the first to identify schizophrenia as a discrete mental illness. Schizophrenia comes from the Greek roots 'schizo' meaning split and 'phren' referring

The diagnosis name, “Schizophrenia,” is fairly new. As a disease, it was first identified by Dr. Emile Kraepelin in 1887. Dr. Krapelin used the term, “dementia praecox.” Later, in 1911, Eugen Bleuler created the actual term, Schizophrenia. However, just because the name is new doesn’t mean that the disease is. Writings that discuss the symptoms and behavior of Schizophrenia can be traced back thousands of years. Most people believed that this mental disorder was caused by demons or evil spirits. They would attempt to cure the afflicted person by various bizarre methods, such as drilling holes into their skulls and performing religious exorcisms on them!