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It has a lot of side effects.It has a lot of side effects.Its one of the most serious Its one of the most serious mental disorders.mental disorders.

How to control schizophreniaHow to control schizophrenia

topictopicThere are many There are many problems if you problems if you have this mental have this mental disordersdisorders..

What is schizophrenia • Schizophrenia means ‘‘split mind ’’ • Schizophrenia is a disorder characterized

by unpredictable disturbances in thinking, mood, awareness, and behavior.

• there are really no sighs of schizophrenia• It can relate to the class by them

understanding what it is and what also causes it.

story Susy was walking down the street and she

was talking to herself. The lady was walking by her and looked at at Susy was dressed weird and there was no one besides them walking. So the lady was trying to walk as fast as she can so she doesn’t have to walk by her. Susy wasn’t talking to no one besides herself because she thought someone was talking to her in her mind. Susy was talking like she was scared or something.

Key pointsKey points Positive symptoms include auditory hallucinations, delusions, Positive symptoms include auditory hallucinations, delusions,

and thought disorder. Negative symptoms (anaerobia, a and thought disorder. Negative symptoms (anaerobia, a sociality, flattening of affect, and demotivation) and cognitive sociality, flattening of affect, and demotivation) and cognitive dysfunction have not been consistently improved by any dysfunction have not been consistently improved by any treatment treatment

Positive symptoms make treatment seem more urgent, and Positive symptoms make treatment seem more urgent, and they can often be effectively treated with antipsychotic drugs. they can often be effectively treated with antipsychotic drugs. But negative symptoms are the main reason patients with But negative symptoms are the main reason patients with schizophrenia cannot live independently, hold jobs, establish schizophrenia cannot live independently, hold jobs, establish personal relationships, and manage everyday social situations. personal relationships, and manage everyday social situations. These symptoms are also the ones that trouble them most. These symptoms are also the ones that trouble them most. Surveys find that their chief concerns are difficulty in Surveys find that their chief concerns are difficulty in concentrating, thinking, socializing, and enjoying life. It is concentrating, thinking, socializing, and enjoying life. It is important to distinguish between lack of expression and lack of important to distinguish between lack of expression and lack of feeling, between lack of will and lack of activity. When feeling, between lack of will and lack of activity. When questioned, patients with schizophrenia often express a full questioned, patients with schizophrenia often express a full range of feelings and desires. The difference between what they range of feelings and desires. The difference between what they may feel and what they show has to be taken into account in may feel and what they show has to be taken into account in interpreting their facial expressions, speech, and social behaviorinterpreting their facial expressions, speech, and social behavior

summarysummary This section was about people that have This section was about people that have schizophrenia and what they do and how schizophrenia and what they do and how they act. they act.

Schizophrenia is a psychiatric illness Schizophrenia is a psychiatric illness that can be profoundly disabling and is that can be profoundly disabling and is usually chronic in nature. usually chronic in nature.

The cause is not known, but there appears The cause is not known, but there appears to be a genetic predisposition. to be a genetic predisposition.

The etiology has been conceptualized in a The etiology has been conceptualized in a stress/diathesis.stress/diathesis.

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that Schizophrenia is a mental illness that interferes with normal thought processes, interferes with normal thought processes, causing delusions, hallucinations, mental causing delusions, hallucinations, mental disorganization, and physical symptoms. disorganization, and physical symptoms.