Category: Schizophrenia

Abstract Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that results in fake beliefs and hallucinations, they might be auditory, visual or even gustatory hallucinations where this disease is usually targeting adults, men tend to be diagnosed at a younger age than women, it causes difficulty in social interacting as patient lacks motivation and loses ability to form…

Schizophrenia is defined as a mental condition in which a person shows two or more of the symptoms like delusions, hallucinations, disorganised speech, grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour and negative symptoms, for at least six months. And schizophrenia can easily be mistaken with other similar mental disorders like schizophreniform, schizoaffective disorder and schizophrenia spectrum. Schizophrenia…

The aim of this essay is to outline how treatment for schizophrenia has changed quite significantly over time. Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness which affects the brain (RANZCP, 2019). Approximately 1% of the worlds population has schizophrenia (Mentalhelp.net, 2019). It usually appears around the ages of 16 to 30 years. It affects men and…

G protein-coupled receptors majorly include biochemical pathways that facilitate scientist to contribute lots of researches related to diseases such as; psychiatric illnesses-multiple personality,bipolar,depression,anxiety and final example of describing relationship is schizophrenia[1].Recently,clinical examinations of GPCR(G protein-coupled receptors) are exponentially rising up in genetics and pharmacology.As a brief explanation of how GPCR are related to schizophrenia is…

Each year, almost 44 million Americans experience a mental disorder. In fact, mental illnesses are among the most common conditions affecting health today. The good news is that most people who have mental illnesses, even serious ones, can lead productive lives with proper treatment. Mental illnesses are some of the most misunderstood afflictions in todays…

Many biological necessities that human take, such as eating foods or interacting with others can vary from one culture to another. Asian people mainly consume rice while western people consume wheat and they both are totally acceptable. Interaction with others is more diverse: Every culture has a unique style of showing their emotions. However, it…

Schizophrenia is a severe form of psychological disorder and is considered to be a psychosis. People with schizophrenia are out of touch with reality and tend to not understand what is going on around them and how to interact. People with schizophrenia generally have a hard time interacting with others as their diagnosis gives them…

What is Schizophrenia and the importance of induced pluripotent stem cells: Schizophrenia is one of the most significant mental illness or disorder that affects the ability of an individual to think, feel and behave. It also interferes with the ability of individual to function in day to day lifestyle. Schizophrenia is characterised by both positive…

Mental health is an important aspect of peoples lives that requires immediate attention and careful consideration. However, the topic of mental illnesses has been a taboo to discuss and portray for many years. Today it becomes more and more acceptable to talk about ones health freely, especially in art. The movie industry has become the…

Modern Approaches Influencing the Development of the Disorder Researchers believe that schizophrenia can take its origins in the malfunctioning of certain neurotransmitters. In particular, one should mention glutamate and dopamine (Hirvonen & Hietala, 2011). In this case, one should not speak about the causal relations between the dysfunctions of neurotransmitters and schizophrenia (Hirvonen & Hietala,…