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There is no exact cause. Different factors acting together are thought to contribute to the development of schizophrenia. It can be inherited, therefore it may run down a family, but it could also be caused by environmental factors or brain injury around the time of birth. These factors can be triggered by many different events/situations. Some things that may trigger psychotic symptoms include, stress, the effects of social isolation, and even street drugs, including cannabis.
"Mental health experts agree that the symptoms of schizophrenia are due to problems in transferring and processing information within the brain [APA Clinical Guidelines, 2004]. These problems happen when the normal communication between the nerve cells of the brain that occurs by release of chemicals is not working as it should."
One study we looked at was the famous study which involved David Rosenhan and seven other healthy associates (three men and five women including himself). The Rosenhan experiment was a famous experiment done in order to determine the validity of psychiatric diagnosis. This study was done in two parts, the first part is all eight of them who briefly faked auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain admission to 12 different psychiatric hospitals in five different States in various locations in the United States. The study concluded "it is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals" and also illustrated the dangers of dehumanization and labeling in psychiatric institutions. It suggested that the use of community mental health facilities which concentrated on specific problems and behaviors rather than psychiatric labels might be a solution and recommended education to make psychiatric workers more aware of the social psychology of their facilities.
Second Study
A 45 year old women whom was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 28 has been effected in a way most people don’t normally think of. Her delusions made her angry towards the color red because she thought the color indicated a person who would force her to indulge in sexual contact. she also misinterprets the color red by associating it with her “childless state due to mis-perceived stimulus that she received from the event of her past life.” Showing us how much Schizophrenia can alter someone's mind and the affects it can have on someone.
"In men, schizophrenia symptoms typically start in the early to mid-20s. In women, symptoms typically begin in the late 20s. It's uncommon for children to be diagnosed with schizophrenia and rare for those older than 45."
Unlike most other mental illness' schizophrenia has an interesting age of onset, considering how most people who have it, have their first episode during their 20's rather than as a child or as an older person.
Schizophrenia is considered a life-long disease that can't be cured but rather treated in order to control it. This brain disorder distorts the way a person thinks, acts, perceives reality, expresses emotions, and relates to others.
It appears to be a combination of a thought disorder, mood disorder, and anxiety disorder.
There are five subtypes of schizophrenia: paranoid schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, undifferentiated schizophrenia, and residual schizophrenia.
It is a psychotic mental disorders and is characterized by symptoms of thought, behavior, and social problems. The thought problems associated with schizophrenia are described as psychosis, which is when the person's thinking is completely out of touch with reality at times.
The individual with this disorder may suffer from various different symptoms.
Schizophrenia involves a range of problems with thinking (cognitive), behavior or emotions. Symptoms may include:
When suffering from Schizophrenia, the person will experience delusions, hallucinations, problems with thinking, as well as a change in behavior. People may experience lack of sleep and motivation, as well as depressing moods. This disorder also affects your relationships between your friends, family and significant one with feeling withdrawal from them. School performance can drop, sleep patterns can change and become worse, and people can also go through depression and a lack of motivation. When comparing adults and teens who have this illness, adults are more likely to have delusions, but teens are more likely to go through visual hallucinations. People often with schizophrenia lack awareness of the seriousness from the mental illness, resulting in friends or family getting them help. Suicidal thoughts and behavior can be the outcome among people with this disorder.
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Successful treatment of schizophrenia, therefore, depends upon a life-long regimen of both drug and psychosocial, support therapies. It is a long process before the medications start kicking in. It may take several weeks after someone first starts to take a medication to notice an improvement in symptoms. In general the goal of treatment with antipsychotic medications is to effectively control signs and symptoms at the lowest possible dosage. There are many newer antipsychotic medications available since the 1990's, such as, Seroquel, Risperdal, Zyprexa and Clozaril. Some of these medications may work on both the serotonin and dopamine receptors, treating both the "positive" and "negative" symptoms of schizophrenia. Newer antipsychotics are named as atypical antipsychotics, because of how they affect the dopamine receptors in the brain. The newer medications are more effective in treating a broader range of symptoms of schizophrenia, and some have fewer side effects than traditional anti psychotics.