Psychological Disorders: A Case Study

Psychological Disorders Part A. What is schizophrenia, people may ask, It is a brain disease that is chronic and very severe, that “more than two Million Americans” (schizophrenia.com, 2004), are having to deal with each day. Understanding the causes and treatments of schizophrenia is the first thing that needs to be done when taking a look at the causes and the treatments of this disorder. The cause of schizophrenia is in a person’s genetics, or DNA as the professionals would say, along with the person’s environment. If a parent, sibling, such as a brother, sister, mother and father have this disorder most likely the other sibling will obtain the schizophrenia as well. But there is no certain gene that causes this disorder …show more content…
The medication that is given to patients can affect the brain that is causes them to have this illness. (Cheour, retrieved August 14, 2011). There is more than one part of the brain that is affected by the illness schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is caused by “distorted cognitive functions” (Cheour. M. Retrieved 8-14-11), which are hallucinations, along with disorganized speech. This illness has been known to cause abnormalities in the brain …show more content…
There is 1 % of the population that has the illness, and that there is a high probability that a person who has this illness will have a sibling, parent, or a child that will end up with this disorder. This can happen even if the child has been adopted as an infant. There is a 10% chance that fraternal twins will end up having the same disorder which is schizophrenia, and a 45% chance for identical twins ending up with the disorder. It has been studied that there are more than one different type of genes that has been part of the cause of the mental disorder. (Pinel, J.