Schizophrenia

= = =  = =   Schizophrenia   = = = **//What is schizophrenia?//** ~A long-term mental health disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between, thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.

**//Category of schizophrenia//** ~ Personality disorder

**//Signs//** ~Social withdrawl ~Suspiciousness ~Deterioration of personal hygiene ~Flat, expressionless gaze ~Inability to cry or express joy ~Inappropriate laughter or crying ~Depression ~Oversleeping/Insomnia ~Odd or irrational statements ~Forgetful ~Extreme reaction of criticism <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Strange way of speaking

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//Symptoms//** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Delusions <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Hallucinations <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Disorganized speech <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Disorganized behavior <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Lack of emotional symptoms <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Lack of interest or enthusiasm <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Speech difficulties and abnormalities

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//What causes it?//** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Mental health experts are not exactly sure what causes it. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~It is shown that if a family member has schizophrenia then you are more likely to have it. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Environmental events

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//Is schizophrenia genetic?//** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~If a third degree relative has it you are twice as likely to get it. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Not entirely genetic <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~They believe that there are a number if genes that contribute to schizophrenia but none have full responsibility.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//Is it common in families?//** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~It is common in families

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**// General public perception of the disorder //** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**// ~ //** people are more worried about schizophrenia than any other disorder.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** //Treatment// ** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Medications <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~controls the symptoms <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~helps 70% of the people who take them <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~may cause side affects <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~might have to take more than one drug to control all symptomsMultiple Personality <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Supplemental therapies <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~help manage depression, social interactions, school, work, and components for a full life.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Multiple Personality

Encyclopedia world book ~volume 17 http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com/article/289?search=schizophrenia http://www.schizophrenia.com/research/hereditygen.htm http://www.helpguide.org/menatl.schizophrenia_symptom.html http://www.schizophrenia.com/sztreat.html http://www.schizophrenia.com/research/hereditygen.html

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