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    Schizophrenia is a brain disorder revolves the way a person would think, act and the way they would see the world. They usually have a different view of the truth and this is frequently loss of contact with what going on. People that have the disorder could hear or see things that don’t exist and even speak strange, believe that others are trying to harm them, or sense they’re being watched. The biological explanation for schizophrenia, through biological faults, for instance viral infections and

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    simple way of schizophrenia treatment does not exist. Schizophrenia is a challenging brain disorder that affects the way a person thinks, acts and sees the world. Research has connected schizophrenia to many possible causes, including aspects of brain structure, environmental, and genetic causes. Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that affects 300,000 Canadians (3). Although it affects both men and women equally, it tends to be more severe in men than in women (1). Schizophrenia most often

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    How Schizophrenia affects the Lifespan 3 How Schizophrenia affects the Lifespan Schizophrenia is a mental illness that inhibits a person’s ability to think clearly, manage their emotions, make their own decisions, and associate with others. It is a complicated, long term illness that affects one percent of Americans. Even though Schizophrenia can occur at any age, it is more common for

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    Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects about 1% of the population world wise between the ages of 16-30 (Nordqvist 2016). The word Schizophrenia means, “Split mind” but it does not cause a split personality and was first introduced by a Swiss man named Eugen Bleuler (Simon & Zieve, 2013). Schizophrenia has different subtypes, including Paranoid-type, Disorganized-type, Catatonic-type, Undifferentiated-type, and Residual-type (Simon & Zieve, 2013). Men develop the symptoms in their early teenage

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    Pathophysiology of schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a type of brain disorder that has been the center of attention in the past decade. Schizophrenia is such a complex disorder, its exact pathophysiology is unknown. Studies illustrated that neural circuits, functional deficits and the dysregulation of multiple pathways on different points of the brain all contribute to the pathophysiology of this disorder [1]. Strong evidence suggests the interaction of dopaminergic, GABAergic, glutamatergic, and cholinergic

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    Schizophrenia By: Chloe Stewart Schizophrenia is a mental disorder creating a split from reality. Furthermore, the Schizophrenics cannot decipher reality from fantasy. Just as depression is the common cold of psychology; Schizophrenia is like the cancer of psychology. Sufferers from this disease have often been shunned, neglected, and locked up in mental institutions. Humans tend to fear what they do not understand in each other whether an uncle or some stranger on the bus. Not all Schizophrenics

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    a true story and gave viewers insight into the condition known as schizophrenia. Nash had hallucinations and heard voices, but overcame these obstacles and went on to become a Princeton professor and was awarded the Nobel Prize. Let’s compare what schizophrenia is, and what it is not. Schizophrenia accounts for 55% of all mentally hospitalized patients and affects over 2 million Americans every year. Symptoms of schizophrenia include hallucinations, not just visual hallucinations but multi- sensory

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    Paranoid Schizophrenia and Criminal Behavior: Command Hallucinations, Visual Hallucinations, & Auditory Hallucinations [name] [date] Psychiatric disorders, such as Schizophrenia, when left undiagnosed and untreated, can lead to criminal behavior. Schizophrenia is a chronic condition that severely affects the way people interpret reality. The inability to distinguish between what is real and what is unreal, places schizophrenics at risk of committing crimes. To elaborate, schizophrenic

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    show that Schizophrenia is a very serious mental disease which 1.2% of the American population is affected by. There is not evidence on what causes this very chronic disease but researchers believe that a combination of genetics and environment contributes to development of the disorder. This is a disease that is said to begin in early adulthood, which is between 15 to age 25. Research shows that males become ill in their early teens to early adulthood. Men tend to get develop schizophrenia slightly

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    Schizophrenia is a “serious mental disorder characterised by severe disruptions in psychological functioning and a loss of contact with reality” (Meldrum & Wilson, 2009). The main question that arises from the many studies looking at schizophrenia and violence is does schizophrenia itself make an individual violent or are there other factors from the mental illness that contribute to this? According to Fazel, Guati, Linsell, Geddes and Grahn (2009), before the 1980’s many people made no connection

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