SCHIZOPHRENIABY: GHINA CHAKER

mental

DISORDER

PLOGICAL

HALLUCINATIONS

ILLNESS

DELUSIONS

WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA• Schizophrenia is a chronic disease which affects

the way a person thinks, sees the world as well as their actions. People with schizophrenia have a changing recognition of the real world often a crucial loss of connection of the real world. Schizophrenia causes illusionary seeing and hearing as well as strange and confusing ways of speaking.

WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA

• They believe that others are trying to hurt them or that they are always being observed. Schizophrenia makes it strenuous even panic to interact with daily life tasks, people with extract from the outside world or react out of hesitation and agitation (What is schizophrenia?, (n.d).

SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS • Symptoms of schizophrenia can appear immediately without

caution as but most of the time the symptoms come slowly with small warnings and a moderate rejection in functioning appears. People with schizophrenia tend to become anti-social and show no signs of wanting to communicate. A lack of motivation is also one of the symptoms causing the sufferer to have no interferes or desire for anything (Samuel b. guze,1970).

SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS• Thought disorder is one of symptoms of

schizophrenia which causes the person to think and have illogical conversations as well as lack in order and may be delusional satisfied. The person suffering from this illness develops a failure in expressing their emotions and feelings. A decline in impaired memory and thinking skills are also one of the symptoms causing poor focus, slow thinking and fuzzy memory.

SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS • Hallucinations and delusions are psychotic symptoms. Hallucinations

are when a person might hear smell or see something that doesn’t exist but the sufferer thinks is legitimate. Delusions are beliefs that are deceptive for example mistreatment, nobility, disgrace that seem completely real to the person having delusions.

• A few common early warnings are being unable to cry or express happiness, laughing or crying inappropriately. Over sleeping or insomnia are also very common as well as having a loss of concentration and using weird words or ways of speaking. (Signs and symptoms of schizophrenia,(n.d).

CAUSES AND EFFECTS• Hereditary is one of strong causes of schizophrenia. It is affected

by genetics not driven by it, whilst it runs in families about 60% of sufferers have no family with the disorder. Furthermore people who are genetically inclined to schizophrenia don’t always develop the disease which goes to show that biology is not destiny.

• Complications during pregnancy or labour that causes structural damage to the brain may as well be one of the causes of schizophrenia. People who are sensitive to any family tensions which for them may be associated with frequent experiences any may as well cause them to become schizophrenic.

CAUSES AND EFFECTS

CAUSES AND EFFECTS

• Stressful incidents are another cause of schizophrenia causing the sufferer to often become anxious, annoyed and unable to concentrate causing problems with work study and relationships (causes and effects of schizophrenia, 2014).

CAUSES AND EFFECTS

• Harmful drug use and alcohol especially cannabis and amphetamine may trigger psychosis and people who exposed to developing schizophrenia.

• Full psychiatric progression, physical exam, medical history and lab tests are all ways that schizophrenia can be diagnosed. Psychiatric progression-the doctor or psychiatrist will ask a number of questions about any symptoms, psychiatric history and family history of mental health issues. Medical history and exams require answers regarding your family or personal health history asked by your doctor.

• Your doctor will also perform an entire physically examination to check for medicinal issues which may be the cause of the problem. Simply blood or urine tests are also ways of diagnosing schizophrenia as they can rule out other medical causes of symptoms. The doctor may also order brain imaging such as an MRI or a CT scan in or to look for abnormalities in the brain associating with schizophrenia.

DIAGNOSIS

• (Diseases and conditions of schizophrenia,(n.d)

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/schizophrenia/basics/tests-diagnosis/con-20021077

 • (What causes schizophrenia?, (n.d)

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/mental-pubs-w-whatschiz-toc~mental-pubs-w-whatschiz-cau

 • (Signs and symptoms of schizophrenia,(n.d).• http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Mental_Illnesses/Schizophrenia9/Causes.htm

 • (causes and effects of schizophrenia, 2014) i

http://www.sane.org/information/factsheets-podcasts/187-schizophrenia

 • (What is schizophrenia?, (n.d). http://www.helpguide.org/mental/schizophrenia_symptom.htm

 • (Samuel b. guze,1970). http://journals.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=151746

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