Schizophrenia Essay

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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder the distorts someone’s thought and perception, paranoid schizophrenia is one of the five subtypes of schizophrenia which causes people to experience delusions and hear things that may not be real. Schizophrenia in general is incurable but may be treated to reduce its effects. Medication, psychotherapy and other supportive therapies are effective in reducing the severity of schizophrenia. The exact causes of this brain disorder is unknown, however, it may develop from a combination of genetics, brain chemistry, and environmental factors. Schizophrenia, like any other genetic illness, may run in the family bloodline and heighten the chances of getting it if both parents are associated with the brain disorder. Severe stress such as poverty or violence, and other similar external factors are possible causes of schizophrenia. Disorganized schizophrenia is another sub type that causes people to be unclear and unorganized with speech and behavior. The patient may repeat the same word or phrase over again. They may also make up words or phrases, change topic rapidly, or unnecessarily rhyme words. Catatonic schizophrenia is categorized as someone having trouble with moving, refusing to move, excessive movement, bizarre movements, and/or repetition of what others say or do. Residual schizophrenia is classified as when the patient suffered from symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, catatonic behavior, disorganized behavior, or disorganized speech, but the severity of these symptoms has diminished. Symptoms such as limited verbal expression, loss of initiative, or little to no expression of emotions are now prominent. Undifferentiated schizophrenia is known as when a patient encounters episodes wi...

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...bout this brain disorder can help the patient understand it better which helps them surpass their symptoms and understand how medication may be useful. Family therapy may also be effective. The patient may have an improvement in symptoms if his family understands the illness and is willing to cooperate to reach a solution. Family therapy can also help communicate better and resolve any family conflicts.
Paranoid schizophrenia is a devastating and incurable brain disorder that is lifelong. However, there is treatment that dwindles the intensity of this illness. The use of medication is useful, but all the hazardous side effects neutralizes how advantageous the drug is as a whole. Perhaps in the future, scientists will be capable of developing a drug that is effective in decreasing the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia, and yet lessen the amount of side effects

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