Gimme a job and sum of da good stuff like lithium. 'Twill kill my ragin' psychosis and mehbe I stop with da eatin' of doze lead paint chipz!
“The modern-day equivalent of leprosy” is how renowned research psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., refers to schizophrenia.
Aside from ignorance, images of the aggressive, sadistic “schizophrenic” are plentiful in the media.
Auditory hallucinations may seem extraordinarily different but how often have you had a song stuck in your head that you can hear pretty clearly?
So it’s bad enough that people with schizophrenia are afflicted with a terrible disease. But they also have to deal with the confusion, fear and disgust of others.
Part of the reason that schizophrenia is so mysterious is because we’re unable to put ourselves in the shoes of someone with the disorder. It’s simply hard to imagine what having schizophrenia would be like.
People with schizophrenia more often tend to be victims rather than perpetrators of violence.
Along with genetics, research has shown that stress and family environment can play a big role in increasing a person’s susceptibility to psychosis.
Antipsychotic medications effectively reduce hallucinations, delusions, confusing thoughts and bizarre behaviors. These agents can have severe side effects and can be fatal, but this is rare.
Unlike dementia, which worsens over time or doesn’t improve, schizophrenia seems to be a problem that’s reversible.
http://psychcentral.com/lib/illuminating-13-myths-of-schizophrenia/0002709
“The modern-day equivalent of leprosy” is how renowned research psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., refers to schizophrenia.
Aside from ignorance, images of the aggressive, sadistic “schizophrenic” are plentiful in the media.
Auditory hallucinations may seem extraordinarily different but how often have you had a song stuck in your head that you can hear pretty clearly?
So it’s bad enough that people with schizophrenia are afflicted with a terrible disease. But they also have to deal with the confusion, fear and disgust of others.
Part of the reason that schizophrenia is so mysterious is because we’re unable to put ourselves in the shoes of someone with the disorder. It’s simply hard to imagine what having schizophrenia would be like.
People with schizophrenia more often tend to be victims rather than perpetrators of violence.
Along with genetics, research has shown that stress and family environment can play a big role in increasing a person’s susceptibility to psychosis.
Antipsychotic medications effectively reduce hallucinations, delusions, confusing thoughts and bizarre behaviors. These agents can have severe side effects and can be fatal, but this is rare.
Unlike dementia, which worsens over time or doesn’t improve, schizophrenia seems to be a problem that’s reversible.
http://psychcentral.com/lib/illuminating-13-myths-of-schizophrenia/0002709
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