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    "Schizophrenia" By Jim Stevens "Schizophrenia" by Jim Stevens is a poem depicting the way a schizophrenic person ’s brain works. In the first line of the poem Jim Stevens says "It was the house that suffered the most". Although he is using the visualization of a house‚ I believe that he is really just using imagery to portray a human. I believe that each stanza portrays a different symptom of Schizophrenia. Through my studies of this poem‚ I was unable to find any documentation of the poet‚ Jim

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    The first literary term this writer will mention from Stevens’s poem is personification. Stevens used personification in “Schizophrenia” to describe how the house in the poem took on human qualities. The house in the poem suffered along with the family living inside of the home. “It was the house that suffered most.” (Stevens‚ 1922‚ line 1). The couple as well as the home lost the feelings of being happy and started to self-destruct. The poem started out by saying how the house was suffering. The

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    poem “Schizophrenia”. Stevens used metaphors in “Schizophrenia”‚ by comparing the house in the story to a mind that is completely destroyed by the mental illness. Towards the end of the poem the poet showed how the house had fallen apart and was completely abandoned. The poet used the quote‚ “Seeing cracking paint‚ broken windows‚ /the front door banging in the wind‚ /the roof tiles flying off‚ one by one‚ /the neighbors said it was a madhouse. / It was the house that suffered most.” (Stevens‚ 1922

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    Jim Steven’s poem “Schizophrenia” depicts a story of immense loss and hopelessness that overcomes many homes. It is all too ordinary to hear about a father abandoning his family‚ a mother who is broken and feels defeated‚ and the children who have suffer through it all in fear and the overwhelming feeling of abandonment. Feelings such as those found in the preceding sentence are found throughout Jim Steven’s poem “Schizophrenia”. The poem reflects the conflicts that occur within the house. However

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    [Title Here‚ up to 12 Words‚ on One to Two Lines] Abstract For years scientist working in this field have attempted to classify types of schizophrenia. According to the DSM-III there were five different types (disorganized‚ catatonic‚ paranoid‚ residual‚ and undifferentiated) however‚ the first three were originally proposed by Kraepelin. Currently today‚ these classifications are still being used in the DSM-V‚ however predicting the outcomes of the disorder

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    Introduction Schizophrenia is a serious brain disorder. It is a disease that makes it difficult for a person to tell the difference between real and unreal experience‚ to think logically‚ to have normal emotional responses to others‚ and to behave normally in social situations. Approximately 1% of the population develops schizophrenia during their lifetime‚ and more than 2 million Americans suffer from the illness in a given year. Although schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency

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    Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences‚ to think logically‚ to have normal emotional responses‚ and to behave normally in social situations. Schizophrenia is one of the most disturbing mental illnesses‚ marked by delusions and hallucinations. It is a psychotic disorder or group of disorders marked by disturbances in thinking‚ emotional responsiveness‚ and behavior. Schizophrenia is the most chronic and

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    Schizophrenia Tony Woodall South Georgia Technical College This paper is meant to be written to provide a better understanding of schizophrenia‚ its history and diagnosis and treatment. There are a lot of views concerning this disorder and they are found all over the internet and in different books published about the disorder. It seems that writing one paper could consume a lot of time and patience. I believe that even putting all of what I have found as far as beliefs

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    The Case of Schizophrenia Spencer Surjue-Bowens Pysch410 Prof Nyiema Carter February 6‚ 2013 Dr. John Hunter‚ a noted therapist asserts that Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness (Hunter‚ 2003). Symptoms may include auditory hallucinations‚ paranoid or bizarre delusions‚ or disorganized speech and thinking‚ and is accompanied by significant social or occupational dysfunction. This disorder mainly affects

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    Schizophrenia Casey Spencer Psychology 101 Dr. Carol Servies Ivy Tech Community College Lafayette/Crawfordsville March 4‚ 2009 Schizophrenia Psychosis: Schizophrenia. What does this mean? Schizophrenia is an incapacitating mental condition that has many symptoms and no cure. Most people associate schizophrenia with “split personalities” but that is not true of the disease. Actual symptoms include but are not limited to hallucinations‚ delusions‚ being unable to

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