Abstract
This paper is a focus on the psychological disorder, schizophrenia. It discusses the symptoms and the different categories each symptom falls into as defined by the DSM IV. It also discusses the different types of diagnosis that may be used for schizophrenia, such as biological, psychodynamic, cognitive and sociocultural. Treatment options, such as psychotherapy, medication, and community health services, are reviewed. And lastly, this paper will cover what can be done to better improve the lives of people with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe brain disease. It is said that 2.5 million people in the United States currently have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and 1 out of every 100 people in the world suffers from schizophrenia at some point in their lifetime (Comer, R., J., 2002). The disease is equally common among men and women but usually seen earlier in men. Schizophrenia is divided into three categories of symptoms, positive,......
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