The brain is one of the most complex organs in our body. Many studies are trying to understand what makes the brain so special; to be able to figure out what exactly goes wrong in schizophrenia. Thus, as more studies are being conducted, scientists are trying to further discover what type of effect on the brain causes adults and children to abnormally behave, which includes effects such as depression, anxiety, and hallucinations. Moreover, questions are arising and being answered about how schizophrenia can be diagnosed; however, experts are still in the dark about the cause of schizophrenia. While schizophrenia is known as the “splitting of the mind,” people neglect the fact that children and adults affected with this mental disorder struggle
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Eugen Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist, coined the term to the splitting of the mind; and as the core symptoms were identified—auditory hallucinations and delusions—by a German psychiatrist Kurt Scneider, more studies were being conducted (1). One study done on CT scans proposed that there is a difference in size of cerebral ventricles among patients with schizophrenia; however, a theory was developed, which suggested schizophrenia could be a consequence of the brain’s high metabolism when energy problems arise; characterized by psychosis and cognitive impairments (1,2). Moreover, Scientists recently developed a way to test this theory, where it focuses on medicine and evolutionary genetics that compare gene expression and the concentration of metabolites in the brains of both individuals with schizophrenia and without schizophrenia, and it determined that genes and metabolites are related to energy metabolism and over time they changed in the course of human evolution (2). Furthermore, Chadwick and Birchwood took a cognitive approach to be able to understand and treat auditory hallucinations by “measure[ing] the concepts of malevolence, benevolence, resistance, and engagement, the authors developed the Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ, Chadwick & Birchwood, 1995)” (3). They found that the voices caused the feeling of depression and distress, which …show more content…
Before schizophrenic patients receive a diagnosis, “patients must now exhibit delusions, hallucinations or disorganized speech” as of 2013, and other side effects patients can have are motor difficulties and lack emotional responsiveness (1). Moreover, taking the time to complete the CBC test (complete blood count), can help determine possible symptoms, and as mentioned before in a study, the psychological evaluation test will provide the doctor with the essential information based questions asked about delusions, thoughts, suicide, and more (6). Furthermore, antipsychotic medications were the most commonly prescribed, where studies found that the dopamine and serotonin neurotransmitters in the brain were affected to help maintain schizophrenic symptoms; however, first-generation medication such as cholorpromazine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, and perphanzine give off detrimental side affects such as the development of a movement disorder (6). Nevertheless, therapy and social skills training as well as housing programs are some of the resources that can be provided for families that have an individual affected by
Eugen Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist, coined the term to the splitting of the mind; and as the core symptoms were identified—auditory hallucinations and delusions—by a German psychiatrist Kurt Scneider, more studies were being conducted (1). One study done on CT scans proposed that there is a difference in size of cerebral ventricles among patients with schizophrenia; however, a theory was developed, which suggested schizophrenia could be a consequence of the brain’s high metabolism when energy problems arise; characterized by psychosis and cognitive impairments (1,2). Moreover, Scientists recently developed a way to test this theory, where it focuses on medicine and evolutionary genetics that compare gene expression and the concentration of metabolites in the brains of both individuals with schizophrenia and without schizophrenia, and it determined that genes and metabolites are related to energy metabolism and over time they changed in the course of human evolution (2). Furthermore, Chadwick and Birchwood took a cognitive approach to be able to understand and treat auditory hallucinations by “measure[ing] the concepts of malevolence, benevolence, resistance, and engagement, the authors developed the Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ, Chadwick & Birchwood, 1995)” (3). They found that the voices caused the feeling of depression and distress, which …show more content…
Before schizophrenic patients receive a diagnosis, “patients must now exhibit delusions, hallucinations or disorganized speech” as of 2013, and other side effects patients can have are motor difficulties and lack emotional responsiveness (1). Moreover, taking the time to complete the CBC test (complete blood count), can help determine possible symptoms, and as mentioned before in a study, the psychological evaluation test will provide the doctor with the essential information based questions asked about delusions, thoughts, suicide, and more (6). Furthermore, antipsychotic medications were the most commonly prescribed, where studies found that the dopamine and serotonin neurotransmitters in the brain were affected to help maintain schizophrenic symptoms; however, first-generation medication such as cholorpromazine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, and perphanzine give off detrimental side affects such as the development of a movement disorder (6). Nevertheless, therapy and social skills training as well as housing programs are some of the resources that can be provided for families that have an individual affected by