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 are: catatonic, disorganized, paranoid, residual, and undifferentiated but most of these all depend on the psychosis, which means that what seems real to you isn't by having the following:
  • hallucinations: seeing or hearing things that aren't there
  • delusions: mistaken to have a belief that you have like superpowers or people are to get at you
  • disorganized speech: using words and sentences that do not make sense
  • strange behavior: acting in a odd or repetitive way like walking in circles
  • withdrawn and lifeless: showing no feelings or motivation in interest in daily activities
Since that causes of Schizophrenia are still unknown the treatments and therapies for Schizophrenia are treatments that focus on eliminating the symptoms of the disorder and therapy treatments to help with being able to cope with their disorder in public. The most common  treatment that is taken is antipsychotics medications (daily pill or injection) and psychosocial treatments are where after finding a medication that works best for them they learn coping skills to be able to do daily activities  and are less likely to have relapse or be hospitalized (nihm.com). The third treatment is called Coordinated specialty care (CSC), which is combination of medication, therapies, case management, family involvement, and supported education and employment services which all aims for improving the quality of life of the individual which NIHM mentions (nihm.com)

image retrieved from Schizophrenia – Mental Health Treatment at FHE Health. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://fherehab.com/mental-health-rehab/schizophrenia/.
According to FHE Mental Health, Schizophrenia tends to develop in the mid to late 20's which according to graph, females have higher chances than men (fherehab.com).  Since seeing the symptoms are difficult to identify and are seen because this age range can be confused of a person's changing lifestyles. Changing from a teen to an adult can present themselves as a just being normal but it is important to know the warning signs. The warning signs can be presented in the teens when they tend to withdrawal from social life, grades, and behavior which can be called prodromal schizophrenia. 

When knowing someone that has Schizophrenia the best thing to do is to be there for them, support them, get them treatment and encourage them to stay in it. It is important to educate what is Schizophrenia and have the understanding it and that is a biological illness. 

References
Bhandari, S. (2018, May 20). Types of Schizophrenia and the Schizophrenia Spectrum. Retrieved from https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/schizophrenia-types.
Schizophrenia. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml.
Schizophrenia – Mental Health Treatment at FHE Health. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://fherehab.com/mental-health-rehab/schizophrenia/.

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