Schizophrenia & Antisocial Personality Disorder

Introduction

Schizophrenia is a growing problem in the society all around the world. Until the mid-twentieth century a large proportion of people classified as mentally ill and admitted to mental hospitals are really suffering from physical ailments such as epilepsy and brain tumors. Now researchers are learning about the biological origin of much schizophrenia such as schizophrenia, autism and alcoholism (Lieberman, 60).

Schizophrenia Disorder

A disease named as “Schizophrenia”, is known to have a severe & exigent remedial sickness, an illness that has affected fine above two million US grown-ups, and it contributes to the one percent of the citizens who are 18 and above. Despite the fact that this illness is usually misapprehended and fearful, it is actually a curable illness.

This illness frequently impede with an individual's capability to think rationally being clear minded, to differentiate between veracity and flight of imagination, to have a suffice emotional control, to craft an unbiased judgment and taking a timely decision, & to communicate with people logically. The initial indications of this disease normally appear during adolescence or in the near beginning of twenties, might occur late in the feminine cases as well. In most of the scenarios, the sufferers of this disease fight with the illness persistently or at regular intervals all through their span of life, and are disgraced due to the need of considerate attention of people regarding their sickness (Golden, 120).

Symptoms

A person with psychosis may have the following symptoms:

Confused thoughts;

Feel their thoughts have sped up or slowed down;

Bizarre preoccupations;

Impression that others can influence their thoughts, or it can control the thoughts of others;

Hearing voices or seeing visions that others can not perceive;

Feel "different";

Unusual behavior

Initial or residual phase of schizophrenia may include social isolation or avoidance, bizarre behavior, overly detailed, the subject under question, strange beliefs, such as ideas of reference (the idea that words, actions or facial expressions of others relate to the patient, while in reality it does not take place), or supernatural thoughts, experience unusual perceptions, as well as a significant deficiency initiative, interest, or energy.

Age of onset of schizophrenia. The infection usually manifests itself at a young age. Schizophrenia varies considerably, but usually includes severe functional impairment.

Violent acts sometimes require special attention. While generally considered that patients with schizophrenia are not violent are more frequent than in the general population, recent epidemiological data have demonstrated the link between mental illness and violence (Golden, 120). However, the percentage of violence associated with patients with schizophrenia, is minimal and much less than with alcohol dependence.

Some patients with schizophrenia have different physical symptoms as part of the disease, but they can also suffer from physical illness and not complain or symptoms include delusional system.

Life expectancy is shortened due to death from suicide and other causes. Approximately 40% of patients with schizophrenia during their lifetime commit suicide attempt, with 10-20% of it is successful.

Treatment of Schizophrenia

In the early and acute phases of the disease may be a key in-patient treatment in a therapeutic ...