Schizophrenia Informative Speech

Have you ever thought about schizophrenia, what it is, or the effects it has? Maybe you know someone with the illness and want to know what their life is like because of it. I am writing because I have done the research to be able to tell you all about schizophrenia. You will learn the effects this illness has, not only on the patient, but family members of the patient as well. I’m going to share with you some difficulties patients with schizophrenia have, such as violence, difficulties in everyday tasks, and struggling to live alone. I also am going to tell you about different cases of schizophrenia in different people. First, I want to talk to you about what schizophrenia is and its effect on the patient with the illness.
According to the Mayo Clinic Staff, “Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling. Schizophrenia is a chronic condition, requiring lifelong treatment.” In Stentebjerg-Olesen’s study ("’Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Outcome of …show more content…
(“Adult patients with schizophrenia using violence towards their parents: a phenomenological study of views and experiences of violence in parent-child dyads.”) Violence in mentally ill patients is most frequently targeted at family members, and most often takes place at home. In the mentally ill, violence is arguably the most stressful and under-researched issue in family violence. “Parents had a perceived fear of adverse consequences such as being punished by receiving more retribution and they also had concerns related to their parental responsibility.”