According to Huffman and Sanderson (2014), Schizophrenia means “split mind,”but when Eugen Bleuler coined the term in 1911, he was referring to the fragmenting of thought processes and emotion (p. 350). The disorders occurred when a person has their onset in the mid to late teen years. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of schizophrenia is DSM-IV. Schizophrenia is one of the most traumatic mental disorders characterized by “delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking or motor behavior, and negative symptoms such as diminished emotional expression” (Huffman and Sanderson, 2014, p.338). People living with the mental illness have a negative effects in their lives as well of their families and their communities. The chance of a person to have Schizophrenia that passed from one generation to another generation are at high risk due to heredity. The biological theories of schizophrenia mainly focus on genetics, neurotransmitters, and brain abnormalities.
The first biological theory is genetic. Genes can pass down from their parents or grandparents. Genetics is random, for an example, if the mom or dad has it, the children will have a fifty fifty chance of getting it, but things will be different if the disorder alleles is dominant. According to the table of Huffman and Sanderson (2014), “Relationship to person with …show more content…
Hallucination is a false imaginary with no appropriate external stimuli that can lead people hearing sounds and voices that speaking with them. According to Huffman and Sanderson (2014), “the person with Schizophrenia is more likely to be self-destructive and suicidal than violent toward others” (p. 351). An example of hallucination is when a person hears someone calling their name, whereas they did not. This also goes back to being stressed because hallucination can lead to panic and anxiety since the victim is seeing false images and
The first biological theory is genetic. Genes can pass down from their parents or grandparents. Genetics is random, for an example, if the mom or dad has it, the children will have a fifty fifty chance of getting it, but things will be different if the disorder alleles is dominant. According to the table of Huffman and Sanderson (2014), “Relationship to person with …show more content…
Hallucination is a false imaginary with no appropriate external stimuli that can lead people hearing sounds and voices that speaking with them. According to Huffman and Sanderson (2014), “the person with Schizophrenia is more likely to be self-destructive and suicidal than violent toward others” (p. 351). An example of hallucination is when a person hears someone calling their name, whereas they did not. This also goes back to being stressed because hallucination can lead to panic and anxiety since the victim is seeing false images and