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This is an 8 page paper discussing some treatments for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is considered a life-long illness in which individuals experience delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and/or catatonic behavior among other symptoms. Without treatment, schizophrenics may be unable to cope with everyday experiences and this can negatively affect their social relationships, family function and occupational opportunities. Fortunately, there are several types of treatment which include anti-psychotic medications, cognitive-behavioral therapy, social skills training and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) among others. While almost all treatments report more success in combination with medication, medication alone cannot help individuals overcome the behaviors often associated with everyday stresses. From this perspective, cognitive behavioral therapy and social skills training are the most beneficial and in cases of severe depression accompanying schizophrenia, ECT has been reported to be extremely beneficial.
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treatment, schizophrenics may be unable to cope with everyday experiences and this can negatively affect their social relationships, family function and occupational opportunities. Fortunately, there are several types of treatment
which include anti-psychotic medications, cognitive-behavioral therapy, social skills training and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) among others. While almost all treatments report more success in combination with medication, medication alone cannot help
individuals overcome the behaviors often associated with everyday stresses. From this perspective, cognitive behavioral therapy and social skills training are the most beneficial and in cases of severe depression accompanying
schizophrenia, ECT has been reported to be extremely beneficial. II. Brief Description of Schizophrenia Long (2003) outlines several characteristics symptoms, dysfunctions, and disorders which are often described as present
in schizophrenia. Individuals with schizophrenia often experiences delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized and/or catatonic behavior for a significant duration of time, usually longer than a one month period. Some of
these symptoms may be quite severe especially in the area of delusions or hallucinations. Before the onset of schizophrenia, individuals are often marked by social or occupational dysfunction such as
the inability to maintain interpersonal relationships or complete major functions in the work place. Often too, individuals have had a history of difficulty in maintaining a certain level of self-care
(Long, 2003). In the diagnosis of schizophrenia, individuals are monitored over a period of six months during which they would have experienced "continuous signs of disturbance" with at least one
month experienced the characteristic symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations and so on (Long, 2003). In addition, in the assessment of schizophrenia, several other diagnoses are ruled out such as schizoaffective
disorder; mood disorder with psychotic features; mood disorder as an effect from alcohol or drugs; and assessment of family history in regards to autistic disorder or pervasive developmental disorder (Long,
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