delusions, disorganized thinking and speech heightened perceptions and hallucinations and inappropriate affect are the ones most often in schizophrenia. Many people people with this disorder experience delusions and many people experience emotion that are unsuitable to the situation. Biological Explanation of Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder in which social, personal and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of strange perceptions, unusual emotions and motor abnormalities. Most research on schizophrenia from the past decades has come from genetic and biological studies. Some researchers believed that some people inherit a biological predisposition to schizophrenia and develop the disorder later when they experience stress or traumatic events (Riley & Kendler 2011).…
Carolina is a 16 year old Caucasian female came to treatment at request of her parents. With presenting problems of change in sleeping patterns, lack of interest in doing things. Not being able to concentrate on anything. Decreased in appetite. Lack of interest in school and hobbies.…
MRI has become the method of choice for exploring the pathophysiology and the psychopathology of schizophrenia, because of its high contrast sensitivity and spatial resolution, in the absence of radiation exposure (Brambilla & Tansella…
According to Huffman and Sanderson (2014), Schizophrenia means “split mind,”but when Eugen Bleuler coined the term in 1911, he was referring to the fragmenting of thought processes and emotion (p. 350). The disorders occurred when a person has their onset in the mid to late teen years. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of schizophrenia is DSM-IV. Schizophrenia is one of the most traumatic mental disorders characterized by “delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking or motor behavior, and negative symptoms such as diminished emotional expression” (Huffman and Sanderson, 2014, p.338). People living with the mental illness have a negative effects in their lives as well of their families and their communities.…
Annotated Bibliography Thesis: Article 1: Pec, O., Bob, P., & Lysaker, P. H. (2015). TRAUMA, DISSOCIATION AND SYNTHETIC METACOGNITION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. Activitas Nervosa Superior, 57(2), 59-70. The authors are linking childhood trauma and dissociation with Schizophrenia.…
Schizophrenia is a widely known emotional and mental disorder that impacts nearly every aspect of a persons’ life. This disease impedes its victims from being able to separate reality from imagination. In this essay, the writer intends to give an extensive range of knowledge concerning schizophrenia as well as the symptoms and possible cause accompanied by the diverse treatment options for individuals who have this disease. Although there is no cure for schizophrenia, there are medications that can help subdue the illness which can help a person adjust and have a better quality of life considering their condition. Schizophrenia has been in existence for many years; however, the psychiatric disorder was not officially coined “schizophrenia”…
When comparing and contrasting psychological and biological explanation of any condition much of the argument revolves around Nature vs. Nurture; the highly controversial argument of the cause and effect of every human behavior, disorder, condition or disease. A typical argument for Schizophrenia would be, “What causes Schizophrenia? Is it because of a patient’s critical and demeaning home-life or does the patient have a brain abnormality?” In this paper, I will compare and contrast both of these arguments. I will cover the psychological arguments and explanations in support of Schizophrenia, and I will cover the biological arguments and theories in Schizophrenia.…
Risk factors that increase the risks of developing schizophrenia include genetics and environmental factors such as exposure to viruses, malnutrition during fetal stage, problems during birth & psychosocial factors. Scientists also believed that it is caused by the imbalance in the chemical reactions of the brain involving…
Some other minor symptoms include fundamental impairment in schizophrenia in the ability to shift and maintain attention. Brain abnormalities are shown with victims of schizophrenia, research indicated that one or more of four fluid-filled structures called ventricles, which cushion and nourish the brain, are typically enlarged in individuals with schizophrenia. these findings are important for two reasons, one being these brain areas frequently expand when others shrink, suggesting that schizophrenia is a disorder of brain deterioration. The second one is, deterioration in these areas is associated with thought disorder, those are some of the reasons why researchers label schizophrenia as a brain disorder. Some other abnormalities in schizophrenia include increase in the size of the sulci or space between the ridge of the brain and decreases in the size of the temporal lobes, which then cause an activation of the amygdala and hippocampus and the symmetry of the brain's hemisphere.…
You might have known someone your whole life and in a blink of an eye it could happen suddenly. Most cases of schizophrenia appear in the late teens or early adulthood. However, schizophrenia can appear for the first time in middle age or even later (Smith, Segal). The disorder is common in men than it is in women. The most common early signs of schizophrenia are insomnia, oversleeping, strange use of words, forgetful, depression, flat gaze, inappropriate laugh or cry, and abandonment at work or school (Smith, Segal).…
Have you ever seen a film, television show, play, or read a book where the main character hears voices, sees things that are not there, and has trouble coping with daily activities? Chances are this character is suffering from a disorder known as schizophrenia. Schizophrenia can occur for a number of reason and cause various symptoms to occur for people who suffer from the disorder. Many people around the world suffer from schizophrenia, a psychotic disorder that creates various symptoms that make it hard for them to function in society, however there are many types of treatments that can put sufferers into remission if utilized properly. Literature Review…
Schizophrenia is the scientific name for depression. Schizophrenia symptoms are most likely to be negative, instead of being positive such as, losing interest in daily activities like going walking or watching football, feeling out of touch with people such as family and friends, lack of feeling or emotion (apathy), and inappropriate feelings in certain situations. It affects people differently and symptoms can vary from person to person. Some people may have many symptoms, while others may only have a few. Men diagnosed with depression may start may start to show symptoms between their late teens and early twenties.…
Schizophrenia is one of the more sever mental illnesses, characterised by a major disturbance in thought, cognition, perception and psychosocial functioning…
The cognitive theory is an approach that attempts to explain human behavior by understanding the thought process. According to the cognitive theory, the cognitive hindrances that are demonstrated by individuals with schizophrenia, play an imperative part both in the maintenance and developments of schizophrenia (Durand & Barlow, 2012). In a person diagnosed with schizophrenia, the schizophrenia is possibly due to a problem with selective attention. Symptoms can depend on the poor ability of an individual to concentrate.…
Schizophrenia is described as severe disorder that changes the behavior, thoughts and feelings of the person inflicted. Approximately 1% of the population will suffer with schizophrenia at some point in their lives. Schizophrenia is said to have positive and negative symptoms which can both be extreme in nature. I have had exposure to a close family member who suffered from schizophrenia. He struggled with many positive and negative symptoms of the disorder throughout his life.…