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4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses cause, symptoms and treatment as they relate to schizophrenia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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rather strange, or if they became too violent or disruptive they were even jailed or otherwise put away in confinement. In different times and different cultures, many were persecuted
as being witches or crazy people who were controlled by the devil or other evil spirits. Knowledge of schizophrenia has grown with greater understanding of the brain and personality;
Emil Kraepelin developed the term dementia praecox in 1896 to describe several illnesses that had schizophrenic-like symptoms, believing that dementia was caused by an irreversible deterioration of the brain.
In 1911, Eugene Bleuler coined the term schizophrenia - meaning splitting of the mind - which describes the way in which people with schizophrenia seem to separate their thoughts from
their feelings and their feelings from their behaviors. Bleuler believed that schizophrenia was a psychological condition as opposed to a physical problem, and as such could best be treated
through counseling (Lewontin et al, 1984). Schizophrenics over the age of eighteen represent approximately one percent of every country in which the disease is diagnosed: * 12 million
people in China * 8.7 million people in India * 2.2 million people in USA * 285,000 people in Australia * Over 280,000 people in Canada
* Over 250,000 diagnosed cases in Britain (Anonymous, 2005). The symptoms of schizophrenia can include such things as delusions, hallucinations and
difficulty in concentrating. Some think that they are actually people who have split personalities, but this is not a correct description of the disease. Those with schizophrenia often
have trouble controlling their thoughts as well as difficulty in concentrating. Another symptom can be hallucinations, things such as hearing voices or perhaps seeing things that are not there.
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