Causes Of Schizophrenia

Of all mental disorders, schizophrenia is one of the most difficult ones to understand. From years and years of extensive research by scientists, psychologists, and doctors. The main cause of this disorder is still to be discovered. However, we do have a firm grasp on what we think the main causes are. Through thorough diagnoses, professionals have been able to come up with four different possible causes. Schizophrenia can be genetic, biological,or even caused by a virus in a person DNA. Although a chemical imbalance of the brain has been found in all existing patients. To start, it is very important to understand just what schizophrenia is. Most people have a hard time with distinguishing between schizophrenia patients and multiple personality …show more content…
There is Paranoid Schizophrenia, which causes the patient to feel as if they are being constantly watched and to feel like someone is always out to get them. These patients suffer from delusions of persecution from the previous paragraph, but can also suffer from visual delusions as well. Another type is Disorganized Schizophrenia, which causes the patient’s brain to be unable to form coherent sentences and thoughts, making it very difficult to be in public. Many of these type of schizophrenic people need day to day assistance or are living in a mental institution because of their lack to function on their own. Catatonic Schizophrenia, can be directly linked to exorcism patients, due to their strange tendency to be in very unusual body positions. These unusual body positions are grossly exaggerated in many hollywood films, such as “The Exorcist” or “The Devil Inside”, often times it will show them in bone breaking positions which is very far fetched. Many patients tend to talk to “demons”, they claim to hear voices in their minds or see them on a day to day basis.These patients tend to be more violent due to the “demons” telling them to hurt others. Catatonic patients suffer from delusions of control. They believe their thoughts and actions are not being controlled by them, but by an outside entity. The delusions of control is a common scapegoat for murders. They will plead having an issue like that and be sent to a mental institution rather than prison. Then there is Residual schizophrenia, which means the patient does not experience delusions or hallucinations anymore, but they have no interest or motivation in life. Many of these residual type patients are very likely to commit suicide. There lack and disinterest in life normally causes extreme depression resulting in abnormal thoughts on their meaning in life. And finally, linked to schizophrenia is