Schizophrenia
wyatt harris health-5 10/16/15
Your never alone with Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder that causes sever mental disturbances that disturbances that disrupts speech, thought, and behavior.Some symptoms of schizophrenia are thinking that they can control other peoples minds, reflect the absence of certain normal characteristics and behavior.Blunted affect witch means that someone does not show and appropriate range of emotions.Speech that is brief and lacks content, little energy, can only eat and sleep.Also social withdraw, odd and confused thinking, speech, and behavior.
Background about Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia was found by Emil Kraepelin.He was a German psychiatrist that proved and found Schizophrenia.This mental disorder was first identified and called by Discrete mental Illness.I is also a disease in the brain.Schizophrenia is psychotic disorders that interfere thinking, mental, and emotional responses.
Agencies for Schizophrenia
SARDAA.org (855-640-8271)
www.nami.org/learn-more/mental-health-conditions/Schizophrenia 800-950-NAMI
www.millwoodhostpital.com 817-261-3112
Causes
Become depressed or have clinically significant mood swings.believing that life has no meaning, may become so depressed that they try to end their life.
Treatments and medication and age/gender specific
First appears during late teens or throughout their twenties.Males seem to be more severely disabled than females.Average age of onset is 18 in men and 25 in women.
Physical and mental therapy is a treatment for Schizophrenia.Having others help you such as a family member, friend, groups, etc.Some medication is Clozapine, Antipsychotic medications, etc.