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    Schizophrenia What is schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thought, cognitive impairment, and mood symptoms. Hallucinations may include hearing voices (auditory hallucinations) or seeing people (visual hallucinations) that are not actually present. Patient also often have “negative” findings such as decreased energy, flat affect, and a lack of interest. These symptoms must typically be present for at least 6 months and

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    A quick overview of schizophrenia that I learned in the class was that it is a chronic brain disorder that affects the way that person goes about life such as, the way they think, feel and behave isn’t normal. About one in one hundred Americans are diagnosed with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia affects men and women equally, usually occurs between the ages fifth- teen to thirty. People with schizophrenia withdrawal themselves from reality as in they tend to hear or see things that don’t exist and at

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    symptoms that the patient feels when having this disorder. Using this drug there are also side effects such as dry mouth, drowsiness, muscle stiffness, and tardive dyskinesia. If a person has used antipsychotic medication for long periods of time, eventually they might increase their risk of developing a movement disorder called tardive dyskinesia, briefly talked above which cannot be cured and can result in the malfunction of moving their face and jaws. Note that this medication reduces the symptoms

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    peers and loved ones. Odysseus trusted his men so that they would not untie him from the ship’s mast even when he begged. J.S. explained to the medical professionals and his family that he wanted the procedure before he went into a state of tardive dyskinesia. Both of them had foresight into their conditions but only Odysseus’ crew listened and he benefited, whereas J.S. did not from being denied

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    drowsiness, dizziness, restlessness, weight gain, constipation, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, low blood pressure, weaker immune system, involuntary (awkward) movements, thirstiness, and rigidity. Long term use of this medication can cause tardive dyskinesia which causes involuntary mouth movements.

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    Finlay (2001) investigated how schizophrenic symptoms are paralleled by complex structural and functional abnormalities in brain regions such as the thalamus, the prefrontal cortex and the temporal lobe. As a result of the delayed onset of symptoms in early adulthood, abnormal development occurs in the nervous system which may contribute greatly to the neurobiology of the disorder. Weinberger’s (1988) longstanding hypothesis focused on the dysfunction of the prefrontal cortex and the association

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    The most dominant sensory system is the visual sensory system. In the case of humans, vision is the dominant sense for various reasons. While auditory, olfactory, and tactile sensory systems are important in their own respect, the visual sensory system takes up a large portion of the human brain. The occipital lobe is primarily responsible for the visual sensory system, and it is one of the four major lobes of the human brain. In addition to the occipital lobe the thalamus, brainstem, dorsal system

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    Treatment for Schizophrenia Imagine hearing voices that nobody else could hear and believing that people could read your mind. That is what schizophrenia does to you. Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Over 2.2 million people suffer from schizophrenia in the United States. ("Schizophrenia Facts and Statistics.”) Developing schizophrenia is common, and tests such as scans and blood tests are available. There are different types of symptoms known

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    Atypical Antipsychotics

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    Olanzapine (Zyprexa), Paliperidone (Invega), Quetiapine (Seroquel), Risperidone (Risperdal), and finally Ziprasidone (Geodon). Many of the first-generation antipsychotics have frequent and potentially significant neurological side effect, like Tardive Dyskinesia (a movement disorder) that may not be reversible. However, the medication within this group include, Chlorpromazine, Fluphenazine, Haloperidol

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    HERBAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICATIONS Herbal remedies come from plants. If possible, choose a remedy which has been standardized, i.e. the contents are approximately the same in each bottle or tablet you buy. Plant remedies are not always safer than ordinary medicines. All of them can have side-effects and interact with other medicines. Supplements include vitamins, minerals and animal and plant products, such as cod liver oil. They can also have side-effects and interact with other medicines

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