Schizophrenia
By Jessica Cota
What is Schizophrenia?
What System is Affected by Schizophrenia?
Who Gets This Disease?
Signs and Symptoms
Apathy
Withdrawl
Perceptions
Strange obsessions
Hallucinations
Delusions
Paranoia
Interpersonal relationships
Distortions
Movements
“Some people with schizophrenia may experience periods of remission, while in others the illness takes on a chronic character,”
said Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia.
Diagnosis and Treatment
There isn’t a full treatment plan for this disease but there is some drugs that can help with the symptoms a little bit. Those drugs are Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, and Perphenazine. Many researchers are looking at schizophrenic brains and regular brains and trying to find out what drugs they can use to help out the part of the brain that is mostly being affected by schizophrenia. People with schizophrenia can also go to groups or a councilor for help learn about the disease and how it affects a person.
Why Did I Pick This Disease?
I chose this topic because I have heard about this topic and I just wanted to learn more about it and how it affects a person and what the symptoms are. I also have seen a show where the main character has Schizophrenia and it seemed like a good topic to learn about.
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