Schizophrenia, A Psycholpathological disorder

A clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in a person and that is associated with present distress or disability or with significantly increased risk of suffering death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom.

Nearly one in one hundred people worldwide will develop schizophrenia and almost five mi

The patient is sure that “they”- Martian invaders or member of the FBI or whoever- are actively spying and plotting against him. The delusion gradually expands as the patient gathers further evidence that convinces him that his family, psychiatrist, and others are all part of the conspiracy.

Schizophrenia is perhaps the most unfortunate of all psychological disorders. The actual cause of schizophrenia is yet to be identified despite continued research in the field. Symptoms differ from one person to another, making diagnosis difficult. An effective treatment remains to be discovered. With so much ambiguity about the origin, diagnosis and prognosis about schizophrenia, most individuals suffering from this disorder remain untreated and are ostracized from society rendering their life completely destroyed.

A sufferer of schizophrenia tries to make sense of the world and seeks consistency in others. Bleuler believed that his drive for consistency led to what he called restitutional symptoms, which include delusions, false beliefs, often of persecution or grandeur (Myers, 200l, pg 556), and hallucinations, a reaction to stimuli that does not exist.

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