Schizophreni Schizophrenia ( Paranoid ) Essay - 1505 Words

Schizophrenia (Paranoid) By: Roslyn Henderson Paranoid Schizophrenia is a subtype of Schizophrenia. Paranoid schizophrenia is the most common schizophrenia type. A person with this type of disorder is relatively stable, often paranoid, delusions, usually accompanied by hallucinations, auditory variety and perceptual disturbances. Disturbances of affect, volition, and speech, and catatonic symptoms, are not prominent. Schizophrenia is a very serious disorder in a lot of people. Studies show as many as 51 million people worldwide suffer from schizophrenia including 6-12 million in China. Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe neurological brain disorder estimated in 2014 to affect 1.1% of the population or approx 2.6 million adults in the United States aged 18 or older. (Rashmi, 2009). It is a lot of individuals that go untreated and in years to come more people will suffer with Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious disorder which affects how a person thinks, feels and acts. Someone with this disorder may have difficulty distinguishing what is real and what is imaginary; could be unresponsive or withdrawn; may have difficulty expressing normal emotions in social situations. It s not a split personality or multiple personality. Most people are not violent and don t pose a danger to others. Schizophrenic is not caused by childhood experiences, or poor parenting or lack of willpower, nor are the symptoms identical for each person. Currently the cause of this disorder is