Schizophrenia: Psychosis and Occupational Functioning Deteriorates
July 25-29, 2011
I have always found Schizophrenia very fascinating subject. Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorates as a result of strange perceptions, unusual emotions, and motor abnormalities (Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology, sixth edition). People with schizophrenia feel like they are not in control of their own bodies. They actually do lose control of themselves. Their minds start thinking horrible thing and they lose contact with reality. Many are not able to continue to live their everyday lives and have to be moved into institution until they can find the right medication to treat them effectively. I find it extremely interesting because no matter how much we know about the brain, it still can surprise us. I read in a few different articles that if you do a “cats” scan on a person with schizophrenia and one without you can tell a significant difference. People with Schizophrenia clam they hear, see, and some even feel things that no one else can; things that aren’t there. They usually have very disturbing thoughts and ideas. Many want to hurt themselves and other that are close to them. During my research I found that most if not all have tried to commit suicide, at least once in their life time. After extinctive research they now believe that schizophrenia is a genetic disorder and the environment around them plays a big part in to also. Although I read that the environment played a part in this disease nowhere could I find what type of environment would make this disease come out. With the research I have been I don’t see much of the same environment in any of those cases. I did read somewhere, however, and I can’t find where I read it at, but a lot of schizophrenic people live in poverty. Not all do, from what I’ve read they can live anywhere and be fine as long as they are taking their medication correctly. Schizophrenia is a disease that typically begins in early
I have always found Schizophrenia very fascinating subject. Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorates as a result of strange perceptions, unusual emotions, and motor abnormalities (Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology, sixth edition). People with schizophrenia feel like they are not in control of their own bodies. They actually do lose control of themselves. Their minds start thinking horrible thing and they lose contact with reality. Many are not able to continue to live their everyday lives and have to be moved into institution until they can find the right medication to treat them effectively. I find it extremely interesting because no matter how much we know about the brain, it still can surprise us. I read in a few different articles that if you do a “cats” scan on a person with schizophrenia and one without you can tell a significant difference. People with Schizophrenia clam they hear, see, and some even feel things that no one else can; things that aren’t there. They usually have very disturbing thoughts and ideas. Many want to hurt themselves and other that are close to them. During my research I found that most if not all have tried to commit suicide, at least once in their life time. After extinctive research they now believe that schizophrenia is a genetic disorder and the environment around them plays a big part in to also. Although I read that the environment played a part in this disease nowhere could I find what type of environment would make this disease come out. With the research I have been I don’t see much of the same environment in any of those cases. I did read somewhere, however, and I can’t find where I read it at, but a lot of schizophrenic people live in poverty. Not all do, from what I’ve read they can live anywhere and be fine as long as they are taking their medication correctly. Schizophrenia is a disease that typically begins in early