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Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that is characterized by hallucinations, delusions, inappropriate emotional responses, disorganized thinking, and deteriorated social functioning (Walsh 39). ...
The main cause of schizophrenia is highly unknown, but researches have come up with several theories as to what may cause the severe disorder. One of the earliest theories stated that schizophrenia resulted from bad parenting and an unhappy home. ... Scientists today are searching for a “schizophrenia gene” that may be passed on through generations, causing the disorder to be hereditary (“Future is hopeful” 1). ... Studies are being done mainly on neurotransmitters1, normalcy of blood flow, and structural differences between brains of people with schizophrenia and those without (Nadelson 56). People who develop schizophrenia have been found to have
enlargements in the brain’s fluid-filled ventricles and smaller amounts of gray matter (“Future is hopeful” 2). ...
Much like there are many different alleged causes of schizophrenia, individuals show a number of different symptoms. ... ” With the voices appearing as clear as an announcer on a radio, a schizophrenic cannot identify them as being false (Guide to schizophrenia 1). ... Disorganized symptoms of schizophrenia were at one time classified with psychotic symptoms, but statistics have shown that “symptoms of disorganization usually ‘hang together’ and form their own separate cluster” (Green 16). ... These symptoms are normal, and will not usually cause patients to have violent outbreaks (Barbour 128)
The many symptoms of schizophrenia can be quieted by certain medications, but there are no known cures for this mental illness. The oldest drugs for schizophrenia are dopamine2 blocking drugs.
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