Description
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you will find that you need to address the following in a paper:
Schizophrenia
- Description of the selected disorder (Identify the DSM diagnostic category for the disorder and distinguish between diagnostic and commonly used terminology.)
- Causative factors of the disorder
- Diagnosis of the disorder
- Treatment of the disorder
- Survey of current research on the disorder
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Explanation & Answer
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Running head: SCHIZOPHRENIA
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Schizophrenia
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SCHIZOPHRENIA
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Schizophrenia
Description of schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic disorder that makes people interpret reality abnormally.
The disorder usually has some combinations of hallucinations and delusions. Also,
individuals with the disorder may have an extremely disorder thinking and impaired
behavior. The disorder is sometimes referred to us Psychosis. Psychosis is a mental disorder
that is described by disruption of normal speech, thoughts, and behavior (Seeman, 2011). The
real causes of schizophrenia range from a combination of genetic and environmental changes.
DSM-IV-TR is the criteria used to diagnose schizophrenia.
Causative factors of schizophrenia
The causative factors of schizophrenia are not clearly known. However, researchers
have found that the disorder might result from a combination of genetic, psychological,
physical and environmental factors. Some of the people with the disorder might develop
symptoms while it is rare for others. There are several risks that are thought to cause
schizophrenia. The risks increase the probability of one having the disorder, and the first one
is genetics. Even though the disorder is thought to run in families, no single gene has been
found to cause the disorder. It is thought that the combination of genes is responsible for
making people more vulnerable to the disorder. However, it should not be thought that having
the combination of genes will automatically mean that one has the chance of developing the
disorder (Riederer, & Kornbuber, 1...