In the article “What is Schizophrenia” by Lindsey Konkel (Web), discuss the main facts on what schizophrenia is, what causes this disorder and how it affect people throughout their daily lives. Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that causes difficulty for individuals to separate what is realistic or unrealistic, such as a person’s thoughts, feelings, and/or their actions. Schizophrenia is a disorder that can affect an individual’s day-to-day performance, however; this disorder can be controlled by using the proper treatments.…
Once admitted, the subjects proceeded to behave normally, showing no signs of schizophrenia at all. Nonetheless, they had an extremely difficult time convincing the doctors and nurses that they were "normal." It took between seven to fifty-two days for each subject to be released from the medical ward. Moreover, every single one of their mental health statuses were established as "schizophrenia in remission" when they were all released. The medical staff was not able to discern any of the subjects from actual patients. On the other hand, other patients suspected the subjects to be imposters. Overall, the significance of this study is learning about the impact of labels. Once a person is categorized in society, it is extremely difficult to remove the label. In the study, the subjects were diagnosed as schizophrenics. When they were permitted to leave, they were still called schizophrenics, but in…
In the video, A Tale of Mental Illness, Elyn Saks shares her personal experience with schizophrenia and as immediately points out to the audience, this is her experience with schizophrenia as everyone’s experience is different. Ms. Sasks speaks of provider stigma upon receiving the diagnoses of chronic schizophrenia with a grave prognosis, she states that “at best, I was expected to live at a board and care and work remedial jobs” (). She speaks of her psychotic break down while in college that led to her third hospitalization for the mental illness. She recalls the doctors and hospital staff slamming her down on a metal bed then being strapped to the bed with leather straps. She shares that the hospital admission was an involuntary admission,…
Upon watching “Jani’s Story”, a number of thoughts, questions, and issues were raised in my mind. Watching this young girl, one of only two children to be diagnosed with schizophrenia in preschool years, I wondered at the behaviors she was exhibiting and how reliable her descriptions could be, given her limited language abilities as such a small child. I questioned whether her parents and caregivers were digging deeply enough into the possible causes of her outbursts or whether they were applying adult diagnoses inappropriately because they lacked a framework for any other type of answers. While I understand the exceptionally challenging situation in which the Schofileds found themselves, Jani’s behaviors…
While Saks was younger and being hospitalized many times, she was told that she wouldn't be able to do what most adults are able to do such as, keeping a job, live on her own, getting married to a loving partner, and so on. She then proved everyone wrong. This is where her story comes into play. She has proved that just because she has a mental illness does not mean that she can't do what her heart desires. While her success has a lot to do with the help of treatment and medication, she has over come and learned to accept the fact that she has schizophrenia. Elyn Saks is a great example of some sanity. She is capable of living on her own it took her many times in the hospital to learn that she can do it on her own but feels safe in the real…
Schizophrenia is a long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behaviour, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation. There is not yet a known cause for…
1.Rebecca Frey, PhD, Ruth A. Wienclaw, PhD and William A. Atkins,BB,BS,MBA (2012). Schizophrenia. ‘Schizophrenia”.The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Ed. Kristin Key.Vol 2.3rd ed, Detroit.…
Schizophrenia is a very serious mental disorder, if not one of the worst. This is one of the least misunderstood as well as one of the hardest to cope with. In my opinion Schizophrenia is similar to heavy drug use only without, of course, the heavy illegal drug use, The symptoms of both are often the same; paranoia, hallucinations, self-destructive behavior, and delusions are a few of the many things that a person suffering from Schizophrenia may have to deal with. Schizophrenia is not only hard on the patient but also on their friends and family.…
“Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by the presence of either positive manifestations, or negative manifestations.” (Frazier, Margaret Schell, and Drzymlowski, Jeanette Wist. Mental Disorders) People with Schizophrenia experience difficulty completing education, keeping their employment, and find it difficult to have relationships – most people associate Schizophrenia with the common sign of disoriented thinking. Rapidly changing subjects, replying to questions with unrelated answers, and speaking illogically. (Essentials of Human Disorders and Conditions, St Louis Missouri Elsevier, 2009)…
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. (Psychology Eight Edition, David G. Myers) Schizophrenia is a brain disease, just like Alzheimer’s. It cannot be predicted or prevented and is not a moral weakness, character flaw, or result of poor parenting. When schizophrenia is literally translated it means, “Split mind”. It refers not to someone with multiple personalities, like a person with Dissociative Identity Disorder, but rather someone who is split from reality. Which is where schizophrenics get their disorganized thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and/or actions? (Psychology Eighth Edition) This also contributes to the common misconceptions that have greatly contributed to the “schizophrenia stigma” which makes life for schizophrenics even more difficult. Schizophrenia is a very difficult illness to deal with because of its debilitating symptoms, uncertain causes, and the degree of difficulty to find the right treatment for an…
Jane is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and she is prohibited from leading a normal life until she recovers from her mental disorder. Schizophrenia causes her to become mentally imprisoned by her thoughts as she believes in a distorted view of reality. “So I take phosphates or phosphites- whichever it is, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am absolutely forbidden to ‘work’ until I am well again” (Gilman. 1). Her schizophrenia denies her the right to resume her daily life. Jane’s symptoms of hallucinations, delusions, and a skewed perception of reality are all caused by schizophrenia; the symptoms require her to be socially isolated.…
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder indicating a constant, often chronic, severe and disabling mental illness.…
In reference to the three readings by Vonnegut, Simon, and Saks in “Voices From The Inside”, some of the major themes that personal stories reveal about schizophrenia that the disease not only impacts the individual but also peers and family members because those who are suffering from the mental illness need the support and care from their significant others because they are dependent on the strength of the caregivers to help them get through this troubling time in their life. You see this theme carry through all three stories. Another theme that is shown within the three stories is that they all experienced some type of symptoms for example in "Everything Falls Apart" by Clea Simon She suffers from the violent outburst, mood swings and…
I interviewed 5 participants. These participants ranged in age from 14 to 65. A 65-year-old male Doctor, a 32-year-old female Nurse, a 23-year-old female College Student, a 14-year-old female Middle Schooler, a 14-year-old male, Middle Schooler. Each participant was randomly picked for the interview.…
psychology students (251 women with the mean age 22.08 and 94 men with the mean age 22.64)…