Friday 12 December 2014

SCHIZOPHRENIA

SCHIZOPHRENIA
SCHIZOPHRENIA IS A LONG TERM MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED  BY A RANGE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS WHICH INCLUDES HALLUCINATIONS, DELUSIONS, CONFUSED THOUGHTS BASED ON HEARING OR SEEING THINGS THAT DO NOT EXIST OR BECOMING WITHDRAWN.
SCHIZOPHRENIA IS AN ILLNESS OR GROUP OF ILLNESSES WHEREBY AN INDIVIDUAL LOSES TOUCH WITH REALITY AND MAY  EXPERIENCE A VARIETY OF STRANGE FEELINGS SUCH AS A CONVICTION THAT HE IS BEING CONTROLLED BY OTHERS, THAT HIS THOUGHTS ARE KNOWN TO OTHERS OR THAT THOUGHTS ARE BEING PUT IN HIS MIIND OR TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM. HE MAY HEAR VOICES AND IN SHORT, SCHIZOPHRENIA EXPLAINS A SET OF SYMPTOMS THAT PSYCHIATRISTS DESCRIBE AS A DISODER. IT IS NOT A  SINGLE DISEASE BUT A COMBINATION OF EIGHT DISODERS, EACH WITH ITS OWN SYMPTOMS.

WHAT CAUSES SCHIZOPHRENIA?
THOUGH THE EXACT CAUSE OF THIS CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN FOUND, RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT SCHIZOPHRENIA MAY BE CAUSED BY PHYSICAL, GENETIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND  ENVIRONMENTAL  FACTORS. OTHER FACTORS THAT PREDISPOSES PEOPLE TO DEVELOPING THIS ILLNESS ARE STRESS AND ABUSE OF SOME  DRUGS  L IKE CANABIS.

TREATMENT FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA
EARLY DIAGNOSIS IS VITAL TO THE TREATMENT OF THIS DISEASE BECAUSE THIS INCREASES THE CHANCES OF RECOVERY. THE DISEASE CAN BE TREATED WITH A COMBINATION OF MEDICATION AND THERAPY, DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL. SCHIZOPHRENIA CANNOT BE TREATED WITH JUST ONE SPECIFIC CURE, IT IS USUALLY A COMBINATION OF MEDICATION AND TALKING THERAPY.
IF AN INDIVIDUAL OR A LOVED ONE IS EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS, THE FIRST STEP IS TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR. THIS IS BECAUSE, THOUGH THE TREATMENT FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA  IS  LONG TERM  EARLY  DETECTION OF THE SYMPTOMS AND EARLY TREATMENT ARE KEY TO THE EFFECTIVE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE  CONDITION. IF THE SYMPTOMS ARE WELL CONTROLLED AND MANAGED, A SUFFERER CAN STILL FUCNTION FULLY BOTH AT WORK AND THE COMMUNITY. WHEN PEOPLE GET SWIFT AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, RECOVERY IS VERY POSSIBLE.

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