Schizophrenia Research Paper

Introduction
This essay is about Schizophrenia and how it has many effects on a person’s ability to lead a meaningful life. Schizophrenia is a mental health disorder, mental health is described as level of psychological well-being, or an absence of a mental disorder. The disease is found in all cultures throughout the world. Both genders are equally affected. The age of onset of schizophrenia appears to be a factor in the presentation of symptoms. How different social classes can affect a person being diagnosed and treated. The different type’s treatments available and the types of schizophrenia. And the history of schizophrenia including asylums where mental health patents where often placed.

Schizophrenia is a major mental illness
For individuals with schizophrenia, there are also more opportunities for low-stress, non-competitive productive roles in communal societies and agrarian economics
Schizophrenia can usually be diagnosed if a person has at least two of the following symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disordered thoughts or behaviour or the presence of negative symptoms, such as a flattening of emotions. Your symptoms have had a significant impact on their ability to work study or perform daily tasks. You have experienced symptoms for more than six months. All other possible causes, such as recreational drug use or depression, have been ruled out.
Disorganized Schizophrenia (Hebephrenic) also known as hebephrenia , disorganized schizophrenia is thought to be an extreme expression of disorganization syndrome. It is characterized by incoherent and illogical thoughts and behaviour’s; i.e., disinhibited, agitated, and purposeless
Virtually all movements stop. Sometimes an individual with catatonic schizophrenia may deliberately assume bizarre body positions, or manifest unusual limb movements or facial contortions, occasionally resulting in the misdiagnosis with tardive dyskinesia Paranoid In this type of schizophrenia the patient has false beliefs (delusions) that an individual or group of people are conspiring to harm them or members of their family. As with most other types of schizophrenia, the patient commonly has auditory hallucinations (hearing things that are not real). The patient may also have delusions of personal grandeur - a false belief that they are much greater and more powerful and influential than they really are. He/she may spend a great deal of time thinking about ways to protect themselves from their supposed persecutors
Residual, This subtype is diagnosed when the patient no longer displays prominent symptoms. In such cases, the schizophrenic symptoms generally have lessened in severity. Hallucinations, delusions or idiosyncratic behaviour’s may still be present, but their manifestations are significantly diminished in comparison to the acute phase of the