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This 5 page report discusses schizophrenia which is most generally described as: “A severe mental disease characterized by illogical and confused thought patterns.” Schizophrenia is marked by the persistent presence delusions, hallucinations, derailed or incoherent speech, hugely disorganized or catatonic behavior, and/or the absence of feeling or volition. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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it is not a condition which people can most often exercise any meaningful degree of personal control such as that demonstrated by Russell Crowe in his portrayal of Nobel Prize
winner John Nash. Advocates for those with mental illnesses have made numerous statements declaring that the general public should not come to the conclusion that John Nash is typical of
people who have schizophrenia. They make the point that extremely few people are and that a movie such as "A Beautiful Mind" works against their efforts to inform people about
the truth of the disease. The Facts of Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is generally neatly described as: "A severe mental disease characterized by illogical and confused thought patterns" (Internet source). Such
a statement does not accurately portray the depth and the severity of the disease. "Whether it brings the voices of heaven or of hell, it causes what must surely be
the worst affliction a sentient, conscious being can suffer: the inability to tell what is real from what is imaginary" (Begley 44). Other facts include: *
"About 150 of every 100,000 persons will develop schizophrenia. * Schizophrenia affects men and women equally * About 1% of the population suffers from schizophrenia. * About
75% of patients developed schizophrenia between the ages of 15-25" (Internet source). "Schizophrenia is marked by the persistent presence of at least two of these symptoms: delusions, hallucinations,
frequently derailed or incoherent speech, hugely disorganized or catatonic behavior, or the absence of feeling or volition" (Begley 44). In circumstances in which the delusions are particularly intense or bizarre,
the voices a person hears may maintain a running dialogue with the individual, comment on the actions he or she is about to take and what others may be planning,
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