Psychosis

Currently schizophrenia is considered as a multifactorial disease. Up to 80 % of cases of 40 schizophrenia are associated in one way or another with genetic factors (7, 8). Carried out recently 41 GWAS-analyses have revealed genes associated with schizophrenia (for example, NRGN, TCF4 and 42 TSNARE1), functions of some genes are still unknown (9, 10). Therefore, the known genetic risk 43 cannot yet answer what is the cause of the disease and what underlies its pathogenesis. There are 44 several…

How has the treatment of Schizophrenia evolved and what is the best treatment today Schizophrenia is a severe psychological disorder, which could be described as extreme mental disturbance inside the brain. This disorder can be very dangerous, and people with this problem can do many bad things if they are not treated. There have been tons of serial killers that have been diagnosed with Schizophrenia and were not treated from it. There have been many cases and signs of Schizophrenia that…

Schizophrenia is a disorder within the brain that affects how a person may think or act. It can cause them to hear voices, see hallucinations, and delusions. With this mental disorder, it may cause a person to struggle focusing and trying to think. Only one percent of the population are affected by this phenomenon. Depending on the person, the symptoms and complexity of it my vary. In the ted talk The Voices in my Head, Eleanor Longden shares her personal experiences of her life being diagnosed…

I haven't slept in days. I hear voices. They say “Kill him, he’s evil”. The voices, the voices, why won’t they leave me alone? I can’t go out because somebody wants to kill me. These are the words that people with schizophrenia say. Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling mental illness. It affects men and women equally. Schizophrenia symptoms start at age 16 to 30.But most of the time after age 45. Symptoms of schizophrenia can be described in two categories: positive symptoms that reflect…

Autism and schizophrenia are both types of mental illness, and in the book "the Soloist" it tells us the effects of this illness on Nathaniel and the struggles he has been through and how Mr. Steve Lopez helped him from living on the streets to studying, conducting, and performing in the largest musical halls. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that has patients hear loud noises, suffer from delusions, and sometimes hallucinations. "Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of…

Most clinicians widely consider the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (5th ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013) to be the gold (best) standard for diagnosing potential individuals with mental disorders. John Nash was diagnosed with schizophrenia under DSM-1. It is realistic to consider that John would have still be diagnosed with schizophrenia under DSM-5. According to DSM-5, schizophrenia is officially diagnosed if the individual shows a 2…

Pros of the Dimensional Approach Three advantages of the dimensional approach will be discussed. Firstly, this approach is able to account for the high degree of heterogeneity and variations whereas the categorical approach failed to address (Esterberg & Compton, 2009). This approach is able to capture the “grey areas” and hence reducing the frequency of NOS uses. This provides more heterogeneous and valid treatments to subjects with the disorder rather than providing criterion-driven…

This essay will discuss something about schizophrenia and will show understanding about the disorder giving account on the given scenario of Angelo. To start with, schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects the person way of thinking, feeling and orientation to reality (“Schizophrenia,” 2014). According to Holder and Wayhs (2014), this disorder is the most prevailing type of mental confusion that affects all race and somewhat most common to men. This disorder can be hard for both patient…

Strength and Vulnerability in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Throughout his famous novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey shows that power and vulnerability are largely subjective, and people often only have power because others think that they do. Chief Bromden’s unreliable narration depicts all kinds of power as physical size despite a character’s real size or physical ability. Nurse Ratched’s power over the rest of the characters, and McMurphy’s ability to resist it, shows that…

Interestingly enough Peter Langman, a psychologist developed characteristics for clearer understanding the mind-set of school shooters into three class typologies. The traumatized shooter as Dr. Langman describes, usually come from broken homes where they (the shooter) was either a victim of physical or sexual abuse or worse both. Also, the parents may be victims of substance abuse or have prior criminal history as he elaborates in his article, Rampage School Shooters: A Typology. The next…