RESEARCH INTO SCHIZOPHRENIA

SCHIZOPHRENIA

MADNESS LEADING TO SCHIZOPHRENIA• There was no lunacy legislation proper till 1744 when a bill for ‘regulating madhouses’

was passed to regulate private asylums in which abuses were prevalent.

• All the madness in a person leads to a mental illness. It is a very dangerous thing to have to cope with.

SCHIZOPHRENIA • Schizophrenia is shown by abnormal social behavior and failure to recognize what is real.

• Symptoms include:

• · False beliefs

• · Unclear or confused thinking

• · Auditory hallucinations

• · Reduced social engagement

• · Emotional expression

• · Inactivity

• Diagnosis is based on observed behavior and the person's reported experiences.

• Some recreational and prescription drugs appear to cause or worsen symptoms.

SCHIZOPHRENIA• Diagnosis is based on observed behavior and the person's reported

experiences.

• Some recreational and prescription drugs appear to cause or worsen symptoms.

STATISTICS AND ISSUES WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS

Click here is an article about a woman who was beaten by her boyfriend and eventually killed him.

• ALLISON BASS:“Women far less likely to kill than men; no one sure why”

• -It is estimated that 92% of all women in California prisons have been battered and abused in their lifetimes.

• -Currently there are 2,000 battered women in America who are serving prison time for defending their lives against their batterers.

• -In 60% of the cases where a woman killed her significant other, the woman claims the victim assaulted or abused her at the time of the crime.

• -Male offenders dominated in murders motivated by possessiveness (82%), abuse (75%), and arguments (63%).

• -The average prison sentence of men who kill their women partners is 2 to 6 years. Women who kill their male partners are sentenced on average to 15 years, despite the fact that most women who kill do so in self-defence.

• -Currently, women are eight times more likely than men to be killed by their intimate partner. • -It is a 1,000 to 4,000 estimated number of wo men who are killed by their husbands or lovers per year.

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