Schizophrenia

The disorder that I chose for my project in the Disease course was Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior. No one is 100% what causes this disorder but they think that it is a combination of genetics and environment contributes to development of the disorder. In my lesson plan, I incorporated 2 different aspects of schizophrenia: delusions, and decision making. Schizophrenia is hopeless; people who have it never recover.Hallucinations (seeing, hearing or experiencing things that others do not) and paranoia are the only symptoms of schizophrenia. People with schizophrenia are dangerous. While there is no cure for schizophrenia, there are effective treatments. Medications, recovery-oriented psychosocial treatments and rehabilitation practices are increasingly helping people with schizophrenia to lead productive, successful and independent lives. Schizophrenia is brain-based disease, so in addition to hallucinations, it affects multiple brain functions, such as the ability to think clearly, manage emotions, make decisions and relate to others. People with schizophrenia also have delusions, which are firmly held false beliefs, that may cause them to think people are following them or looking at them.Studies indicate that people receiving treatment for schizophrenia are no more dangerous than the rest of the population. More typically, individuals with schizophrenia are withdrawn and prefer to be left alone. People with schizophrenia are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators. However, people with schizophrenia and alcohol and other drug abuse, or those who do not participate in treatment, are at increased risk for committing violent acts. These are just some of many truths and myths of schizophrenia.