Pros And Cons Of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia: Symptoms, Treatments, and Ethical Responsibility
Schizophrenia is a severe, debilitating, and a chronic mental illness that affects nearly 1% of the world’s population and over two million people in the United States (R. Dryden- Edwards, “Schizophrenia”). Schizophrenia falls in the category of psychotic mental disorders which are characterized by behavior, thought, and social problems as symptoms. Schizophrenia described as a brain disorder that affects the balance in dopamine, serotonin, and glutamate system’s neurotransmitter concentration (Coon & Mitterer, “Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods”, pp. 490-491). This paper outlines major symptoms of Schizophrenia, the areas of the brain that it affects mostly, …show more content…
The symptoms majorly include hallucinations. For example, patients might hear voices talking to them about their behavior, feel invisible fingers touching them, or smell odors which other people do not detect (NIH, “What is schizophrenia?”). Similarly, those suffering from Schizophrenia experience delusions. For example, the patient might believe that their neighbor can control their behavior using magic waves, others have paranoid beliefs and delusions that other people are trying to harm them. Schizophrenia patients might also experience dysfunctional thinking. At the same time, some Schizophrenia patients might be troubled organizing their thoughts (NIH, “What is schizophrenia?”). For example, a patient might stop speaking abruptly and claim that his/her thoughts have been disrupted from her/his …show more content…
These include pharmacological treatment practices which have led to reduction in positive schizophrenia symptoms and decrease in the number of people with schizophrenia. Pharmacological treatment involves the use of antipsychotic drugs to treat schizophrenia. Such treatment mostly targets to control the psychotic symptoms, prevent the relapse during recovery, and the residual phase of the disorder.
The antipsychotic medicines used in treating schizophrenia include Clozapine, Risperidone, and Quetiapine for atypical psychotics (FDA, “Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs”). The high potency typical psychosis is treated using Haloperidol, Pimozide, and Droperidol. The Trifluoperazine and Loxapine are used in treating medium potency psychosis while Molindone and Thioridazine are used in treating low potency typical psychotics (Nations For Mental Health, “Schizophrenia and public health”). However, these drugs reveal a complex pharmacologic mechanism of drugs within clinical psychopharmacology.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Schizophrenia is a severe, debilitating, and a chronic mental illness that affects nearly 1% of the world’s population and over two million people in the United States (R. Dryden- Edwards, “Schizophrenia”). Schizophrenia falls in the category of psychotic mental disorders which are characterized by behavior, thought, and social problems as symptoms. Schizophrenia described as a brain disorder that affects the balance in dopamine, serotonin, and glutamate system’s neurotransmitter concentration (Coon & Mitterer, “Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods”, pp. 490-491). This paper outlines major symptoms of Schizophrenia, the areas of the brain that it affects mostly, …show more content…
The symptoms majorly include hallucinations. For example, patients might hear voices talking to them about their behavior, feel invisible fingers touching them, or smell odors which other people do not detect (NIH, “What is schizophrenia?”). Similarly, those suffering from Schizophrenia experience delusions. For example, the patient might believe that their neighbor can control their behavior using magic waves, others have paranoid beliefs and delusions that other people are trying to harm them. Schizophrenia patients might also experience dysfunctional thinking. At the same time, some Schizophrenia patients might be troubled organizing their thoughts (NIH, “What is schizophrenia?”). For example, a patient might stop speaking abruptly and claim that his/her thoughts have been disrupted from her/his …show more content…
These include pharmacological treatment practices which have led to reduction in positive schizophrenia symptoms and decrease in the number of people with schizophrenia. Pharmacological treatment involves the use of antipsychotic drugs to treat schizophrenia. Such treatment mostly targets to control the psychotic symptoms, prevent the relapse during recovery, and the residual phase of the disorder.
The antipsychotic medicines used in treating schizophrenia include Clozapine, Risperidone, and Quetiapine for atypical psychotics (FDA, “Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs”). The high potency typical psychosis is treated using Haloperidol, Pimozide, and Droperidol. The Trifluoperazine and Loxapine are used in treating medium potency psychosis while Molindone and Thioridazine are used in treating low potency typical psychotics (Nations For Mental Health, “Schizophrenia and public health”). However, these drugs reveal a complex pharmacologic mechanism of drugs within clinical psychopharmacology.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy