Blog 4-Schizophrenia
One of the most disabled and chronic mental illness is Schizophrenia, according to National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM), they define Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects a person how a person thinks, feels, and behaves which leads them to have lost touch of reality. The lost touch of reality is what leads the person to have hallucinations, distorted thoughts and causes signs/symptoms starting between the ages of 16 to 30. Through prescribed medications and psychotherapy treatment can be evaluated by a licensed Psychiatrist to help the person. The signs and symptoms of Schizophrenia are varied depending the types of spectrum of the Schizophrenia does the individual have which does varies. And with any symptoms they would of started at least for one month continuously and continue until 6 months and longer according to WebMD (WebMD.com). According to WebMD, there is a spectrum of Schizophrenia that doctors use to identify with subtypes which a...