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DisclaimerThis is a project for an High School AP Psychology Course. This is a fictionalized account of having a psychological ailment. For questions about this blog project or its content, please email the teacher, Laura Astorian: [email protected]
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SchizophreniaAn insight into my ailment
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Introduction• Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized
by a breakdown of thought processes and by impaired emotional responses.
• This means that I have trouble functioning socially because I have voices in my head that tell me what to do and they influence my thinking.
• I am taking medications like Clozapine and they help me, but the voices in my head keep telling me to discard them.
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History of Schizophrenia • The causes of Schizophrenia are still widely
unknown.
• Schizophrenia was actually first identified in 1887, but can be traced back to thousands of years ago, which means that it has been recurring throughout history.
• The word schizophrenia comes from Greek roots, schizo meaning split and phrenia meaning mind, to describe the fragmented thinking of people with the disorder.
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Information on Schizophrenia• The symptoms of Schizophrenia
usually begin between 15 and 25 years old for males, with females develop it later (around age 30).
• It is rare for a person to develop Schizophrenia before 10 years of age and after 40 years of age.
• Schizophrenia occurs in all societies regardless of class, color, religion, culture, etc.
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Information (Continued)
• Rates of schizophrenia are similar from country to country, between .5 and 1 percent of the population.
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Causes of Schizophrenia
• The leading theory of what causes Schizophrenia is that it is a result of genetic predisposition with an environmental exposure, and or stress during pregnancy to trigger the disorder.
• Studies have shown that drugs such as marijuana and cannabis can also lead to Schizophrenia
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Treatment of Schizophrenia• In the early 1900’s, Adrenaline, ECT,
and insulin comas were used to treat Schizophrenia.
• After the 1950’s, antipsychotic medications such as Clozapine and Zyprexa were used to treat Schizophrenia.
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Treatment (Continued)
• Antipsychotic medications effectively control hallucinations, delusions, and confusions that schizophrenics face, as they normalize the biochemical imbalances in the brain.
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Prognosis with Treatment
• A person afflicted with Schizophrenia must take their antipsychotic medication on a regular basis
• After 10 years of treatment, 25% of Schizophrenics completely recover.
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Prognosis (Continued)
• After 10 Years:25% are relatively independent25% have improved their functioning capabilites
Overall, at least 75% of the people find their conditions to improve with medication!
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Life with Schizophrenia
• I can never find peace because the voice in my head always tell me that something is wrong.
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Life with Schizophrenia
• The medications help a great deal, as they dull the voices in my head. Without the voices telling me what to do, I can function somewhat properly.
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Life with Schizophrenia
• I have trouble trusting people and don’t have any friends.
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Life with Schizophrenia
• My family is bent on making me take medications, which I do not like at all.
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Life with Schizophrenia
• I sometimes sit still for hours, talking to the voices in my head.
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Life with Schizophrenia
• I feel that everyone is plotting against me, even my family sometimes seems like they’re trying to trick me .
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Life with Schizophrenia
• I’m glad I don’t have to undergo electric shock therapy, as if I were born 50 years ago, that would have been the norm for people like me.
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How I became Schizophrenic
• I was undergoing a lot of stress from work and school and started becoming paranoid, and soon heard voices in my head. I even hear them today.
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Will there be a cure?
• I truly hope that there will be a cure to my illness. I cannot stand the thought of having to listen to evil voices all day.
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Thank You!