Brain Disorders: A Study Of Rachel Solando's Schizophrenia?

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Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that 1% of the population is affected by. That would be about 51 million people around the world that possess schizophrenia. James Regan says, “It’s not something you catch or something someone does to you, it’s a disease only we don’t know exactly what causes it.” There are different types of schizophrenia. There is delusions, disorganized speech, strange behavior, withdrawn, and lifeless mind. Delusions, is explained as someone who has held believes that are easy to prove wrong. For example, having a super power or that people are going out to get you. Disorganized speech, is using words that are backwards or do not make sense to other people. Strange behavior, is acting odd in a repetitive way. If a person …show more content…
Rachel Solando was classified as a dangerous patient because she murdered her three children. As the investigation goes on, Teddy Daniels starts to suspect there are dark secrets hidden in Shutter Island and is willing to discover them. Daniels begins suffering from major migraines provoked by the nasty smell of the hospital. In order to do the investigation, Daniels has to fight his dark flashbacks. Daniels cannot keep both feet on the ground during the investigation and ends up losing his sanity and memory. We have arrived on Shutter Island to interview Teddy and come up with a solution as to why he has lost his sanity and to investigate his sudden schizophrenic …show more content…
My wife has already passed.” Mr. Laeddis casually replied.
“I apologize for your loss,” I tried to say as casually, “What was the cause of her passing?”
Mr. Laeddis looked down and paused for a moment before replying. “She was murdered.”
“Who murdered your wife?”
He paused again for a moment, then explained, “It was Laeddis. Andrew Laeddis.”
I gave him a few brief seconds to gather his thoughts, then continued the interview.
“Do you have any children, Mr. Daniels?”
“I did, three, actually. They have passed already, as well.”
“What was the cause?”
“Andrew Laeddis also murdered my children. He murdered my family,” he explains.
“So sorry to hear that, Mr. Daniels. That must have been hard for you.”
“I don’t remember it as much as I just remember knowing that it happened,” he said.
Ms. Hawkins dismisses the scene. As for the rest of the group, we combine analyzes together and came up with a conclusion. To our understanding, Mr. Laeddis has blocked out any sense of emotion or memory of his wife’s true death and has changed his identity in order to block out the pain. According to psychological disorders, we diagnosed Andrew Laeddis with schizophrenia

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