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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Schizophrenia



What is schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has affected men or women throughout history. 

Causes of schizophrenia

According to a research, it is believes that the factor of schizophrenia disease are the combination of genetic factor and environment factor.

  1. Influenza infection during birth
  2. Infant was delivered with less oxygen
  3. Incompatible blood match
Symptom of Schizophrenia
Symptom of schizophrenia can be divided into three groups:

Positive symptom
  • Delusion-a belief or impression despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality
  • Halusination-experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present
  • Strange behaviour
  • Mental Disorder    
Negative symptom
  • "Flat affect" (a person's face does not move or he or she talks in a dull or monotonous voice)
  • Lack of pleasure in everyday life
  • Lack of ability to begin and sustain planned activities
  • Speaking little, even when forced to interact.
Cognitive disruption
  • Poor "executive functioning" (the ability to understand information and use it to make decisions)
  • Trouble focusing or paying attention
  • Problems with "working memory" (the ability to use information immediately after learning it).