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                     Schizophrenia
Index
 Introduction
 Symptoms
 Causes
 Treatment  
 Recovery
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Introduction
Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that affects less 
than one percent of the U.S. population. When 
schizophrenia is active, symptoms can include delusions, 
hallucinations, disorganized speech, trouble with thinking 
and lack of motivation. However, with treatment, most 
symptoms of schizophrenia will greatly improve and the 
likelihood of a recurrence can be diminished.
While there is no cure for schizophrenia, research is leading 
to innovative and safer treatments. Experts also are 
unraveling the causes of the disease by studying genetics, 
conducting behavioral research, and using advanced imaging 
to look at the brain’s structure and function. These 
approaches hold the promise of new, and more effective 
therapies.
Symptoms
 Schizophrenia involves a range of problems with thinking (cognition), 
behavior and emotions. Signs and symptoms may vary, but usually 
involve delusions, hallucinations or disorganized speech, and reflect 
an impaired ability to function. Symptoms may include:
 Delusions. These are false beliefs that are not based in reality. For 
example, you think that you're being harmed or harassed; certain 
gestures or comments are directed at you; you have exceptional 
ability or fame; another person is in love with you; or a major 
catastrophe is about to occur. Delusions occur in most people with 
schizophrenia.
 Hallucinations. These usually involve seeing or hearing things that 
don't exist. Yet for the person with schizophrenia, they have the full 
force and impact of a normal experience. Hallucinations can be in 
any of the senses, but hearing voices is the most common 
hallucination.
 Disorganized thinking (speech). Disorganized thinking is inferred 
from disorganized speech. Effective communication can be impaired, 
and answers to questions may be partially or completely unrelated. 
Rarely, speech may include putting together meaningless words that 
can't be understood, sometimes known as word salad.
Causes
 It's not known what causes schizophrenia, but 
researchers believe that a combination of 
genetics, brain chemistry and environment 
contributes to development of the disorder.
 Problems with certain naturally occurring 
brain chemicals, including neurotransmitters 
called dopamine and glutamate, may 
contribute to schizophrenia. Neuroimaging 
studies show differences in the brain structure 
and central nervous system of people with 
schizophrenia. While researchers aren't 
certain about the significance of these 
changes, they indicate that schizophrenia is a 
brain disease.
Treatment
Though there is no cure for schizophrenia, many 
patients do well with minimal symptoms. A 
variety of antipsychotic medications are 
effective in reducing the psychotic symptoms 
present in the acute phase of the illness, and 
they also help reduce the potential for future 
acute episodes and their severity. Psychological 
treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy 
or supportive psychotherapy may reduce 
symptoms and enhance function, and other 
treatments are aimed at reducing stress, 
supporting employment or improving social skills.
Diagnosis and treatment can be complicated by 
substance misuse. People with schizophrenia are 
at greater risk of misusing drugs than the general 
population. If a person shows signs of addiction, 
treatment for the addiction should occur along 
with treatment for schizophrenia.
Recovery
There is now a growing body of empirically-based research 
showing that recovery from schizophrenia can occur. Follow-up 
studies examining outcome decades after an index episode have 
been the primary source of data on full recovery among patients 
with this disorder. These studies have shown that about half of 
patients eventually recover or have only mild impairment and as 
many as 20 to 25% will achieve full recovery (sustained 
improvement in both symptoms and social/vocational 
functioning) (Harding, 1994). Why, then has it been so difficult to 
disseminate this information throughout the research and clinical 
wor   ld? The aim of this paper is to give an answer to this 
question as well as give an overview of the different 
conceptualizations of the term recovery in schizophrenia and 
lastly, suggest a definition. Full recovery in schizophrenia must 
be defined as a sustained improvement in both symptoms and 
social/vocational functioning with high self-esteem and quality of 
life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved
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