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A 3 page paper that begins with anecdotal comments from diagnosed schizophrenic patients. The essay provides a list of common symptoms used for diagnosis, discusses causes, and treatments. The results of a new combination of drugs are reported as is recent use of cognitive behavioral therapy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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for example, was working as a health aide when she suddenly began to think people were following her, that they had tapped her phone and always knew where she was
(Miller and Mason 6). She subsequently quit her job and stayed home but it only got worse, she heard voices (Miller and Mason 6). Genevieve was 24 (Miller and Mason
5). James was 22 when the symptoms began, he was confused and like Genevieve, James thought people around him were trying to hurt him (Miller and Mason 7). James had
headaches and he remembered being thirsty a lot of the time (Miller and Mason 7). A diagnosis of schizophrenia requires the presence of at least two of the following symptoms
that have persisted for a length of time during a one-month period: * Delusions (HealthyPlace.com 2004). * Hallucinations (HealthyPlace.com 2004). * disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence) (HealthyPlace.com
2004). * grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior (HealthyPlace.com 2004). * negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition (HealthyPlace.com 2004). Now, "if delusions are bizarre or hallucinations consist of a
voice keeping up a running commentary on the persons behavior or thoughts, or two or more voices conversing with each other" (HealthyPlace.com 2004). this symptom is sufficient for a diagnosis
(HealthyPlace.com). Schizophrenia is treated with both drugs and therapeutic interventions, although the Harvard Mental Health Letter reported: "The use of psychotherapy in the treatment of schizophrenic patients has gone
into a long decline" (2003, p. 0). The very discouraging results of psychotherapeutic intervention studies in the 1950s and the advent of advanced medications led to this decline in attempting
therapy with patients (Harvard Mental Health Letter 0). The causes of schizophrenia are not really known but it "is generally understood to be a brain disorder with biological, partly
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