The Psychiatry Disorder Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is not a single disease, but a broad category of mental illnesses. Schizophrenia is a psychiatry disorder where several structural disturbances occur in the brain. It normally takes place in the temporal and frontal lobes, changing the neural systems and affecting the neurotransmitters in charge of controlling the functioning that takes place in these areas. It is not a structural brain disease that shows up early on X-rays CAT scans or EEGs. Schizophrenics also have defects in the handling of amino acids.

Schizophrenia usually affects men while they are young and women later in their lives. Schizophrenia often starts out very slowly and progresses to a severely disabling mental illness. Early Schizophrenics tend to experience spontaneous dreams like episodes with material that resembles art, myth poetry, and B-movies. Many Patients also show negative symptoms, such as decreased emotional arousal, mental activity, and social drive. Schizophrenia is often confused with a split personality, but it is not the same, Though in reality schizophrenia means “split mind”.

Many scientists believe there are four types of schizophrenia. First of all, there is the simple or “undifferentiated” type, which is characterized by a gradual reduction in the external relations and interests. Next, there is the “hebephrenic” or disorganized type, it is characterized by delusions and false perceptions. Then there is the “catatonic” type in which there is a state of inactivity and striking motor skills. Last, there is the “paranoid” type which usually arises later in life, which is associated with illogical thinking, delusions of persecution, or of grandeur. While these four specific types have not been universally accepted, it is the approach most commonly accepted by most psychiatrists.

Schizophrenia crosses all socioeconomic, cultural, and racial boundaries.