Understanding Schizophreni How Do You Know - 870 Words

Understanding Schizophrenia 4 Understanding Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a disorder of varying symptoms, in fact until the current edition of the DSM-V this disorder was broken into subtypes such as catatonic, disorganized, paranoid, undifferentiated, and residual. There many facets of schizophrenia such as auditory hallucinations, delusions, social isolation, as well as intense suspicion or agitation, each of which contributed to the previous subtypes of schizophrenia. Today, individuals with schizophrenia are assessed severity of symptoms rather than by classification. How Do You Know Yesterday?s View and Today?s Knowledge Research has shown that one of the main factors of schizophrenia is genetics. Despite the fact that there has†¦show more content†¦This perspective is possibly the oldest in regards to the investigation of schizophrenia, beginning with the original term for schizophrenia, dementia praecox, which described what most believed to be a chronic condition of weakening one?s mind (Jablensky, 2010). Today, schizophrenia is understood through the cognitive and psychoanalytical model as well. In fact the cognitive approach to schizophrenia today is not as insular as typically thought when associated to mental illnesses. In fact, cognitive approach addresses the environment, neurological, and behavioral interactions within the stressors of schizophrenia (Beck Rector, 2005). Myth and Confusion With so many factors contributing to schizophrenia, and many mental disorders with similar symptoms it is easy to confuse information. Some of the beliefs about schizophrenia range from, confusion while others are plain fiction. In some cases schizophrenia is used interchangeably with dissociative identity disorder; however, those that have schizophrenia also have auditory hallucinations which can be mistaken for shifts in personality (Dorahy et al., 2009). There are also some interesting risk factors that sound like myth, but have viable research to as support. Such examples include being born during winter