Category: Schizophrenia

Mental health of a person is a complex issue because of the numerous factors affecting it and many diseases that might impact this aspect. In such a way, much attention is given to analyzing the psyche of a person and determining the major causes for the emergence of undesired conditions. Furthermore, it becomes vital to…

Article Summary The article Clinical relevance of paliperidone palmitate 3-monthly in treating schizophrenia discusses how the mentioned injectable antipsychotic (PP3M) improves non-adherence and prevents relapses in schizophrenia treatment using four injections per year. Paliperidone, the active metabolite of risperidone, is an antagonist of the D2 and 5HT receptors (Mathews et al., 2019). PP3M is based…

Schizophrenia is a serious and mental illness in which emotional disorders, inappropriate behavior, impaired thinking, and the inability to lead a social life are observed. It usually develops in men aged 1825 years and in women aged 2645 years. The given disorder is sometimes inherited, but the main risk factors are experienced events that caused…

Schizophrenia is a major therapeutic issue nowadays because it is one of the most problematic mental illnesses known to modern psychiatry. Its most common symptoms include visual and audial hallucinations, delusions, inability to organize the thinking process and express emotional reactions adequately. Moreover, patients with schizophrenia often have social disfunction and cannot behave correctly among…

Introduction This paper will analyze the Schizophrenia along with its symptoms. It will also analyze an important scene in the movie a beautiful mind which was directed by Ron Howard. The main character in the move is John Nash who is played by Russell Crowe; he is supposed to be suffering form of schizophrenia. His…

Table of Contents Biological Variables Psychological Variables Social Variables Competence References Biological Variables The mother brought Demetri, her 39-year-old son previously diagnosed with schizophrenia, because of his deteriorating mental well-being. The mother claims that this was due to his discontinuation of the necessary prescribed drugs about a month ago. This stop in his post-hospital treatment…

Abstract The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders provides a practical diagnostic approach for numerous mental disorders. Schizophrenia is among the disorders that the DSM-5 offers an outlook for. This study evaluates the diagnosis of schizophrenia in a high school teenager, focusing on their background history, including medical conditions to assert the prevalence of…

Initially, there may be no direct connection between schizophrenia and neurotransmitters, which perform several vital functions in ones body. However, as it tends to happen, as long as everything works properly, there might not be obvious links, but once one element of the system breaks, so will others. This paper will focus on the potential…

Modern Approaches Influencing the Development of the Disorder Researchers believe that schizophrenia can take its origins in the malfunctioning of certain neurotransmitters. In particular, one should mention glutamate and dopamine (Hirvonen & Hietala, 2011). In this case, one should not speak about the causal relations between the dysfunctions of neurotransmitters and schizophrenia (Hirvonen & Hietala,…

One of the severe mental disorders included in the DSM is schizophrenia. This disorder requires a serious treatment as the illness influences a persons perception of reality, affecting ones feelings, emotions, and thoughts and disabling ones functioning. People with this disorder may have unusual behavior, hallucinations, and delusions. This paper will discuss the causes and…