Battling Schizophrenia

By Groshan Fabiola

Symptoms of schizophrenia can be easily recognized especially by family members who see that the person is not like it used to be any more and go for a check up at the doctor’s.

Schizophrenia begins with a depression. This is followed by loosing interest in personal hygiene, by oversleeping or insomnia and a noticeable social isolation. A bizarre behavior will develop along with increased irrationality in statements and actions. Even the old relationships will be refused, indifference will install even inactivity. Some might become hyperactive and will develop intense preoccupations with religion will write non stop meaningless phrases, and might even abuse drugs and alcohol. Fainting is also frequent along with an inability in showing emotions like crying or laughing. If they manage to laugh they make it in a strange way that makes it inappropriate.

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By Groshan Fabiola

When a child is diagnosed with schizophrenia parents are shocked because they can not understand how come a child that is intelligent, and looks good could be that ill.

Schizophrenia comes with symptoms just like any other disease but they differ from person to person. Some people might have just one episode of schizophrenia in their entire life, but in others schizophrenia might manifest more frequent and for a long period of time.

The first who notice there is something wrong with a person are the family members. They see that the person is not like it used to be any more and go for a check up at the doctor’s.

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by Elizabeth Morgan

There are many mental disorders whose root cause is the psyche of the person, particularly traumas from early childhood. But schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder caused by a disabling brain illness. About one percent of Americans are afflicted with this problem at any given time. It does not make much difference with sex and age, but becomes most apparent when people reach their teens.

Though it is clear that a brain disorder is the root cause, there is no concluding proof as to exactly what is the problem. There is much encouraging research to pin down the problem. The National Institute of Mental Health suggests that the most probable cause could be linked to faulty neuron connections during the development of the child in the womb. It lies dormant until puberty, and the effect may become visible afterwards. Persons with schizophrenia lose touch with the real world. Their perception of people and events starts divorcing from the reality. Their hallucinations, delusions and the strange voices that they hear are very real to them. They delude themselves into believing that they are the victims of cheating, persecution or conspiracy. Generally they lose the capacity for logically carrying out their thought process, particularly when a lot of thoughts crowd in the brain. Their emotions are rather subdued, and expressions mostly blank. Contrary to popular thinking, the schizophrenia is no more violent than a normal person. But the tendency for suicide is higher with schizophrenia.

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