Schizophrenia

﻿ Schizophrenia is a rare mental disorder that makes it difficult to: ﻿Causes ﻿ Schizophrenia is a complex mental illness and mental health experts are still not entirely sure what causes this disease. However they are sure that there is a genetic component to this. Certain events can trigger this in people who are at risk for schizophrenia. This disease is usually starts to take it's course in the mid-teen years. Childhood-onset schizophrenia can begin as early as age five but, it can go undiagnosed because it has many autism like symptoms. Symptoms Symptoms develop slowly and has a multitude of symptoms. Some people tend to get more severe symptoms and some get less. At the beginning of this disease the symptoms can be the following: As this illness progresses the following symptoms become more pronounced: Disorganized schizophrenia symptoms may include: Catatonic schizophrenia symptoms may include Public Perception ==== ﻿ The way that people think of this disease is that the people that have it are in straight jackets in a padded cell. I believe this is do to media making anyone who has a mental disorder seem like they should be euthanized. Schizophrenia can be treated with medication and when regularly taking it you will be able to preform regular daily functions. ====
 * 1) Tell the difference between real and unreal experiences
 * 2) Think Logically [[image:mccarthyhealth2q1pd7/schizophrenic-joem.jpg width="272" height="198" align="right"]]
 * 3) Have normal emotional responses
 * 4) Behave normally in social situations
 * 1) Irritable or tense feeling
 * 2) Difficulty sleeping
 * 3) Difficulty concentrating
 * 1) ﻿Lack of emotion
 * 2) Delusions
 * 3) ﻿Hallucinations
 * 4) Problems paying attention
 * 5) Thought "jump" between unrelated topics
 * 6) Bizzarre behaviors
 * 7) Social isolation
 * 1) Anxiousness
 * 2) Anger
 * 3) False beliefs that others are trying to harm you or your family
 * 1) Lack of activity
 * 2) Muscles and posture may be ridged
 * 3) Grimaces or other odd facial expressions
 * 4) Doesn't respond much to others

Treatments
Treatments for this disease are few and far between because so little is known about this disease but there are some medications like Clozapine. Clozapine changes the levels chemicalsin the brain to help ease the effects of Schizophrenia. Sources __ Surviving Schizophrenia __ by Dr E. Fuller Torrey

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