Essays on Causes Of Schizophrenia

Introduction

Schizophrenia is a mental illness or disorder that affects a considerable amount of people around the world. The mental illness adversely affects the neurological and psychological functioning of the individual that lead to skewed perceptions of reality and hallucinations. Most schizophrenic patients have distorted perceptions of reality and portray atypical social behavior along with vague thinking, various pretenses, and lack of emotional or social engagement (Keshavan & Diwadkar, 2012). Schizophrenia patients usually develop other mental illnesses, including depression, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders. Although schizophrenia is not as prevalent as other mental illnesses, a severe condition involves a broad range ...

Abstract

This paper explores a psychological disorder such as schizophrenia. This disease or disorder has very diverse symptoms and is considered to be one of the most complex diseases. This work aims at the detailed study of schizophrenia based on the various support materials to which the references are made. During the long years of study, description, and diagnosis, a number of the scientific materials have developed, which allows studying this topic in detail. This study includes the historical connotations, types of diagnosis such as the DSM, the definition of the causes of the disease, its symptoms, as well as ...

Introduction

Psychological disorders exhibit various symptoms. In some cases, the symptoms are obvious by observation while in others they are not detectable. A patient may conceal her symptoms with substance abuse and in some cases, the substances abuse tendencies is in it a symptom of an underlying mental disorder. There are various factors that have been identified as causes or stimulators of various conditions. In this research paper, we shall evaluate a case titled Diana Di in an effort to evaluate her symptoms and propose a possible diagnosis. The paper shall cover the diagnostic features, differential diagnosis, cultural, gender and ...

Schizophrenia is a very serious mental illness that is characterized by serious disturbance in the sufferer’s thoughts, perception, behavior and even imagination and perception. When looking at it critically, schizophrenia happens to be an umbrella diagnosis that covers several mental disorders. But what contribute most to this condition are the depressive and anxiety disorders which people experience in everyday life (Jones & Buckley 2006). Some of the common symptoms include hearing of internal voices, believing that other people might harm the sufferer and this will always leave the patient fearful and very much withdrawn. According to the Substance Abuse and ...

Abstract

There is a great need to understand the relationship between Neuroscience and Psychopathology. The understanding of Neuroscience and Psychopathology can be attained by a consideration of the causation of a psychological disorder like Schizophrenia. Pointedly, nature and the environment role-play in the causation and manifestation of various psychological disorders. Understanding the manner in which factors such as genetics and the surrounding environment affect the etiology of various disorders is considered an important step towards gaining an understanding neuroscience behind psychopathology. Based on the information presented by three journals with regards to the causation of schizophrenia, this paper seeks to bring to light ...

Psychology

Introduction Schizophrenia is a chronic progredient (malignant) mental illness with undefined etiology that leads to a change in the patient's personality. The word "schizophrenia" comes from the Greek words "schizo" – fission, split and "fran" - soul that indicates the splitting of mind, disharmony of thinking, emotions and will. The term was first introduced by Paul Eugen Bleuler, so the disease is sometimes called Bleuler’s disease. Schizophrenia is considered to be one of the most important public health problems in the world. According to modern surveys, from 0.5 to 1% of world’s population is affected by it. Moreover, ...

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that handicaps one’s perception of reality, emotional responses, sagacity, thinking processes and communication competence. With a prevalence of about one percent in America and an equal sex ratio, Schizophrenia subjects its victims to a state of hearing voices not perceptible by the ears of other people around them (Haycock and Shaya 53). In most cases, the victims apart from envisioning harm plotted against them by others, believe that other people are reading or controlling their minds or thoughts warranting the victims fearfully agitated and staggeringly withdrawn (NIMH 2; Haycock and Shaya 59). Characterized by a number ...