Schizophrenia is a group of psychoses characterized by confused and disconnected thoughts, emotions, and perceptions.It is a brain disorder that can not be cured,which can last for years or a lifetime.They can not find a cause for this but genetics,environment,and an imbalanced of brain chemicals are some of the reason why they think it exsited in some people.Mostly effects the ages fourteen and up.(Google.com)The disorder was founded by a swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1911.The word Schizophrenia was comes from greek roots,schizo as split and phrene which means mind.(http://schizophrenia.com/)
They gave it a name in 1911.Bleuler stated that “ Schizophrenia is not a disease in the strict sense, but appears to be a group of diseases,and therefore we should speak of it in plural.” Back in the 19th century people thought of it as dementia of early life but little did they know that Schizophrenia happened less to younger people and more to people in their thirties and older.People did not think of madness like other mental illnesses …show more content…
Positive symptoms would be hallucinations,delusions,thought disorders, and movement disorders.Negative symptoms would be flat affect,lack of pleasure in everyday life,lack of ability to begin and sustain planned activities, and speaking little even when forced.Lastly cognitive symptoms are poor “executive functioning,trouble focusing or paying attention,and problems with working memory.Symptoms begin around sixteen through thirty years of age,but most people do not get the disorder til after age forty-five.Treatments would be antipsychotic medications there are four main types of medicines used called :Thorazine,Haldol,Trilafon,Prolixin.Using these medications would make feeling agitated and having hallucinations go away within days.They also have psychosocial treats which helps with people who are already stabilized on antipsychotics.In those treatments they help the patients deal with everyday
They gave it a name in 1911.Bleuler stated that “ Schizophrenia is not a disease in the strict sense, but appears to be a group of diseases,and therefore we should speak of it in plural.” Back in the 19th century people thought of it as dementia of early life but little did they know that Schizophrenia happened less to younger people and more to people in their thirties and older.People did not think of madness like other mental illnesses …show more content…
Positive symptoms would be hallucinations,delusions,thought disorders, and movement disorders.Negative symptoms would be flat affect,lack of pleasure in everyday life,lack of ability to begin and sustain planned activities, and speaking little even when forced.Lastly cognitive symptoms are poor “executive functioning,trouble focusing or paying attention,and problems with working memory.Symptoms begin around sixteen through thirty years of age,but most people do not get the disorder til after age forty-five.Treatments would be antipsychotic medications there are four main types of medicines used called :Thorazine,Haldol,Trilafon,Prolixin.Using these medications would make feeling agitated and having hallucinations go away within days.They also have psychosocial treats which helps with people who are already stabilized on antipsychotics.In those treatments they help the patients deal with everyday