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Schizophrenia. ... The origin of the word schizophrenia lends itself to the compilation of two Greek words. ... Hence, a literal interpretation of the word schizophrenia would render a definition of “splitting of the mind”. ... The term for the typical multiple personality disorder that is generally referred to as schizophrenia is Dissociative Identity Disorder. Schizophrenia itself is defined as being “a psychotic disorder usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances”, and therefore is entirely unrelated to the somewhat common misconception of a split personality. ... Some of these individuals use the term “schizophrenia” to describe any sort of “nervous breakdown”, which is in and of itself an ambiguous term. ... Fortunately, this fallacy in logic is almost nonexistent in most developed countries, thus the image and comprehension of schizophrenia is increasing in one respect.
One may see how the overall view and understanding of schizophrenia may be somewhat misconstrued as a result of these two societal misconceptions. ... It is for this reason that the term “schizophrenia” can be considered to be one of the most unfortunate constructs in the English language. In regards to the use of the term herein, schizophrenia refers to the diagnostic term that fulfills clearly specified criteria and not to the fallacies proliferated by the news media. ... What causes schizophrenia? ...
The illness known today as schizophrenia can be traced back to a German psychiatrist, Dr Emil Kraepelin, in 1896. His original name for the disease was, however, not schizophrenia. ... His most notable achievement in regards to dementia praecox is perhaps his identification of many of the symptoms of schizophrenia. ... Kraepelin has contributed the most to the modern day description and diagnosis of schizophrenia.
At the very least, Dr Kraepelin’s work provided much of the foundation and academic inspiration for the second great mind of schizophrenia, Dr. ... It is Bleuler that first called the disease ‘schizophrenia’. ... The term schizophrenia as denoted by Dr Bleuler included the main symptoms of dementia praecox in conjunction with those of paraphrenia1. According to Tsuang and Faraone’s Schizophrenia: The Facts, Dr. Bleuler identified schizophrenia as ‘thought disorder, emotional blunting, and an impaired relationship with the outside world’. ...
As mentioned before, schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder usually characterized by illogicality, hallucinations, and the withdrawal from reality. This ambiguous description alone, however, is not nearly enough for an individual to be diagnosed with schizophrenia. In order for a diagnosis of schizophrenia to be reached, specific criteria must be met. ... Unfortunately, due to the rapid developments in the area of schizophrenia, some psychiatrists such as Ming T. ...
According to the current standards set forth in DSM IV, in order for an individual to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, that individual must meet several criteria for given time periods. ...
In addition to the general symptoms of schizophrenia described above, there are five primary subtypes into which a full-fledged schizophrenic may be placed. Perhaps the most well known as well as the most misconstrued variety of schizophrenia is the paranoid type. In order to be classified as a paranoid type, the individual must meet the requirements for schizophrenia, is preoccupied with delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations, and exhibits none of the described disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, inappropriate or flat affect, and catatonic behavior. This is the type of schizophrenia that the public and news media is perhaps the most familiar with, and is generally what most people think of when schizophrenia is mentioned. ...
The second but less well-known form of schizophrenia is the catatonic type. In order for the classification of catatonic type to be reached, the individual must meet all of the basic criteria for schizophrenia. ... Individuals with this type of schizophrenia will place themselves in awkward and sometimes uncomfortable physical positions and hold them for hours at a time. Fortunately, this type of schizophrenia is now rare, due to advancements in psychopharmacology.
The third and fourth subtypes of schizophrenia are disorganized type and undifferentiated type. Diagnosis of the disorganized type requires that all of the basic criteria for schizophrenia must be met and the individual exhibits all of the symptoms of disorganized behavior, disorganized speech, and a flat or inappropriate affect.
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