Schizophrenia is a complex disorder that researchers have struggled to get a grip on. While researchers have found positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, such as delusions and lack of emotion, they have yet to find the cause of schizophrenia. Genetics and the age of the parents of the schizophrenic have been found to be active in the development of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is regarded as a lifelong disorder. Consequently, ongoing treatment is required for symptom containment. Antipsychotic medication plays a large role in alleviating symptoms and improving the person’s functionality. Besides the lack of definitive answers for the cause and cure of schizophrenia, researchers have greatly progressed in their studies to answer questions
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Positive symptoms are distorted everyday human functions. The positive symptoms used to identify schizophrenia are hallucinations, delusions, and disorganised thoughts and behaviours. Negative symptoms are a lack of everyday human functions. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are lack of motivation, emotion and inability to speak clearly and properly. Researchers consider a patient to be a victim of schizophrenia if two or more of these symptoms are clear and active for a long period of time. Delusions in schizophrenics are extreme. The schizophrenic could fully and truly believe he is being spied on by aliens, and take cautionary, sometimes dangerous, measures to protect himself. Hallucinations usually go along with the delusions. The patient could hear the aliens talking to him in his head, and the voices could tell him to do horrible things. The patient would feel he has no choice but to follow their orders, thus putting himself and others in danger. Of course, this is all fake and just in the victim 's head, but it is so realistic he would never truly know, no matter who tells him he 's just making things up in his head. Negative symptoms are decreased functionality and emotion in the patient. The patient speaks monotonously and lacks reaction when presented with news, whether exciting or upsetting. Decreased communication abilities are also found in schizophrenics. They are …show more content…
If it’s a parent, brother, or sister, your chances go up by 10%. If both your parents have it, you have a 40% chance of getting it, too.
Your chances are greatest -- 50% -- if you have an identical twin with the disorder. (“What are the causes of Schizophrenia?” 2016).
The discovery of genetic involvement in schizophrenia has not yet produced an aid in the search for a cure, but it is a sign of progression. Researchers are moving in the right direction in figuring out schizophrenia. Although there is no cure, psychologists have come a long way in understanding schizophrenia. Researchers have been able to catagorise symptoms of schizophrenia, which has made it easier on them to produce treatment and know what to target with their medication. The medication that exists today is only a temporary or minor solution. Antipsychotic medication does not cure schizophrenia, it only eases the symptoms of the victim. Researchers detecting genetics to be part of the development of schizophrenia will help find the main factor in schizophrenia, which will one day lead to a
Positive symptoms are distorted everyday human functions. The positive symptoms used to identify schizophrenia are hallucinations, delusions, and disorganised thoughts and behaviours. Negative symptoms are a lack of everyday human functions. Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are lack of motivation, emotion and inability to speak clearly and properly. Researchers consider a patient to be a victim of schizophrenia if two or more of these symptoms are clear and active for a long period of time. Delusions in schizophrenics are extreme. The schizophrenic could fully and truly believe he is being spied on by aliens, and take cautionary, sometimes dangerous, measures to protect himself. Hallucinations usually go along with the delusions. The patient could hear the aliens talking to him in his head, and the voices could tell him to do horrible things. The patient would feel he has no choice but to follow their orders, thus putting himself and others in danger. Of course, this is all fake and just in the victim 's head, but it is so realistic he would never truly know, no matter who tells him he 's just making things up in his head. Negative symptoms are decreased functionality and emotion in the patient. The patient speaks monotonously and lacks reaction when presented with news, whether exciting or upsetting. Decreased communication abilities are also found in schizophrenics. They are …show more content…
If it’s a parent, brother, or sister, your chances go up by 10%. If both your parents have it, you have a 40% chance of getting it, too.
Your chances are greatest -- 50% -- if you have an identical twin with the disorder. (“What are the causes of Schizophrenia?” 2016).
The discovery of genetic involvement in schizophrenia has not yet produced an aid in the search for a cure, but it is a sign of progression. Researchers are moving in the right direction in figuring out schizophrenia. Although there is no cure, psychologists have come a long way in understanding schizophrenia. Researchers have been able to catagorise symptoms of schizophrenia, which has made it easier on them to produce treatment and know what to target with their medication. The medication that exists today is only a temporary or minor solution. Antipsychotic medication does not cure schizophrenia, it only eases the symptoms of the victim. Researchers detecting genetics to be part of the development of schizophrenia will help find the main factor in schizophrenia, which will one day lead to a