Schizophrenia presentation
PSY 270
May 24, 2015
Grade-A

Schizophrenia Presentation
Introduction:

Schizophrenia is a severe brain disorder for which there is no cure; however, it can be managed. Although researchers are not sure what causes schizophrenia, they think a person’s environment coupled with genetics play a significant role in the development of the disease. Studies indicate sensitivity to schizophrenia is inherited. Edwards (2011) stated, “Scientists believe that the interaction between genes and the environment are necessary for schizophrenia to develop” Edwards, R. D. (2011). Multiple factors such as viruses, malnutrition in utero, stress, drug use, problems during birth, and prenatal or postnatal injuries may be environmental factors involved in the development of schizophrenia. Evidence points to schizophrenia beginning early in a person's life even though symptoms may not be present until later when the disorder appears. Other factors may include abnormalities in the neurotransmitters called dopamine, and glutamate. It causes people to think abnormally, and exhibit various combinations of abnormal behavior. (Mayo clinic staff, 2014).

According to Mayo clinic staff (2014), symptoms of schizophrenia include “hallucinations, delusions, extremely disordered thinking and behavior, social withdrawal, depersonalization (a sense of being unreal, hazy and in a dreamlike state), which is sometimes accompanied by intense anxiety, agitation, loss of appetite, inadequate personal hygiene, disorganized speech and a feeling of being controlled by outside forces (Schizophrenia).
There are three major types of schizophrenia: * Paranoid * Disorganized * Catatonic

Schizophrenia is diagnosed by a physician or a psychiatrist who will ask questions about