Mental Disorders Due To Schizophrenia, Brain Function Is Impaired

A man who suffered schizophrenia seem to have a world of its own. This cannot be prevented and any treatment should be given the rest of their lives.

Description

The term "schizophrenia" comes from the United Kingdom that "schizophrenia" that has the meaning of "mind is divided or split" where it refers to a disruption of the balance in emotions and thoughts.

As reported by the Mayo Clinic and WebMD, Friday (23/8/2013), schizophrenia is also defined as a group of disorders is heavy on the brain in which people will interpret reality with the abnormal, not like people in General. People who experience it will experience a few things such as hallucinations, delusions, and impaired in thought and behavior. The majority of patients experiencing tremendous fear. Typically, the disease began to appear in the young adult age. Schizophrenia can be described as a chronic condition. This is because the sufferer can not be released from his treatment. They should get their lifetime care.

Schizophrenia is differentiated into five subtypes, namely:

1. Paranoid

People experiencing these things will often fantasize and experiencing hallucinations, usually at the hearing. The sufferer often hear voices in his ear, but that voice is not being heard by other people. However, the function of intellectuals from the sufferer is usually relatively normal. If someone is experiencing paranoid, usually the sufferer is usually more frequent shows of anger, be indifferent, and anxious. However, it can still be cured.

2. Catatonic

People who suffer from schizophrenia subtypes is often doing activities and movements that are meaningless. They will also withdraw from the social environment. They prefer to be alone and not doing his interaction with others.

3. irregular

This type of schizophrenia characterized by sayings and irregular behavior or difficult to understand, for example, laughing for no apparent reason. They also often inappropriate emote. In addition, people who experienced this would seem preoccupied with their own thought or perception. Very small possibility to cure this type of schizophrenia.

4. Diferentiatif

Compared to other types of schizophrenia subtypes of this type is the most widely experienced by the patients. The symptoms inflicted is a combination of several subtypes of schizophrenia.

5. Residual

People who experience this usually will not show positive symptoms of the disease such as schizophrenia, delusional, hallucinations, irregular in talk and behave. Typically, this type of illness will be terdiagnosa after one of the four subptipe of schizophrenia has occurred.

Although already described regarding the subtypes of schizophrenia, but penyaki it is very difficult to determine which type of schizophrenia experienced by the sufferer. For the majority of sufferers will show symptoms that are similar to other sufferers.

However, when the sufferer is already showing some of the symptoms that is considered already represented this disease, then treatment should be done quickly. Because, otherwise, it may cause some other problems. Often, the patient wanted to do something that could hurt himself. If it is not successful, they will probably try to commit suicide.

Symptoms

Signs and symptoms experienced by sufferers of schizophrenia is often associated with other mental illnesses. Causes, signs and symptoms of this disease are similar to the signs and symptoms of other mental illnesses. This causes the disease is difficult to schizophrenia was diagnosed.

Signs and symptoms of this disease are divided into three categories:

1. positive Symptoms

Brain function of people with the disease schizophrenia will work more active or can be said to be excessive. This causes abnormal brains work. As a result, sufferers will experience a few things such as the following:

• Fantasize

This is the most commonly experienced by sufferers of schizophrenia. They have the belief that is different from the normal person. They will see a different reality. In addition, sufferers also frequently misinterpret the perception.

• Hallucinations

People who experience these diseases often hallucinating. They often see or hear things that don't actually exist.

• Disorders of the mind

Schizophrenics have trouble speaking and organize his thoughts so that this interferes with the ability to communicate.

• Irregular Behavior

People who experience schizophrenia often behave weird, like a child who does silly things.

In addition to the four above, the sufferer is often suspicious and they seem to be under strict supervision. It causes them to feel depressed.

2. negative Symptoms

This refers to the symptoms of the decline or even the absence of characteristics of normal brain function. This symptom may appear with or without the presence of positive symptoms. This may cause symptoms such as:

• It is difficult to express emotions

• Withdraw from the social environment

• Loss of motivation

• No interest in performing daily activities

• Neglecting personal hygiene

These symptoms are often considered to be the usual lethargy experienced by each person. However, it turned out to be incorrect.

3. cognitive Symptoms

These types of symptoms would cause problems on thought processes. Signs and symptoms that may arise, inter alia:

• Problems in making information that is reasonable and understandable

• Difficult to concentrate

• Brain memory problems

In addition to the above symptoms, third disease schizophrenia will also cause problems on the mood. The sufferer may experience depression, anxiety, and often tried to commit suicide. The symptoms of this disease can gradually paralyzes the sufferer. So, this is very disruptive to their ability to perform routine daily activities.

   However, when the sufferer is still a teenager, the symptoms of which are difficult to detect and then considered the disease of schizophrenia. As such, at the age they will certainly be having these things that turned out to be a symptom of the disease of schizophrenia:

• Withdraw from family and friends

• Decrease in performance at school

• Trouble sleeping

• Fast emotion

However, when compared with adults, young people are less likely to experience a delusion and are more likely to experience visual hallucinations.

The Cause Of

The exact cause of the disease of schizophrenia is unknown. However, some researchers believe that the disease may occur as a result of chemical elements on the brain neurotransmitters, including dopamine problem and glutamate. It is superbly demonstrated from neuroimaging studies that showed a difference in the structure of the brain and central nervous system of sufferers of schizophrenia. In addition, the researchers also believe that genetic and environmental factors contribute to the development of this disease. However, there are several factors that seem to increase the risk of these diseases arise and develop, such as:

• Stressful living conditions

• Often consume psychoactive drugs during adolescence and young adulthood

• Often exposed to virus exposure, toxins, or nutritional deficiencies during pregnancy, especially during the first and second trimester.

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