Mental Disorders Research Paper
Mental Disorders
Millions and millions of people have been, and are, plagued by some type of mental disorder. There are many types of disorders such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and substance-related disorders. The mental disorders can range from minor cases to very strong, extreme cases. Two mental disorders that deal with the shifting of a human's personality and character are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized by the persistent defects in the perception of one's reality, but the disorder mainly affects cognition. Schizophrenia translates from Greek to mean, roughly, shattered mind. Popular culture confuses schizophrenia with dissociative identity …show more content…
Bipolar disorder is different from the normal ups and downs of life that every person goes through because the symptoms of bipolar disorder are much more severe than a moment of distress. The symptoms of someone who is bipolar can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even in extreme cases suicide. Bipolar disorder typically develops in late adolescence or early adulthood. However, some of the people that possess it have their first symptoms during childhood, and then some develop them late in life. Bipolar disorder is often not recognized as an illness, and people may suffer for years before it is properly diagnosed and treated. It is like diabetes or heart disease in the sense that it is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a person's …show more content…
Some people may have only one episode of schizophrenia throughout their lifetime, while others may have recurring episodes, but lead relatively normal lives in between. Others may have severe episodes through their whole lifetime. Schizophrenia has symptoms known and positive and negative. Positive symptoms are when the person sees things that are not there, such as hallucinations. Negative symptoms are when they are missing things that are actually there, or if they lose motivation for doing things in life or fail to take care of themselves
Millions and millions of people have been, and are, plagued by some type of mental disorder. There are many types of disorders such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and substance-related disorders. The mental disorders can range from minor cases to very strong, extreme cases. Two mental disorders that deal with the shifting of a human's personality and character are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is characterized by the persistent defects in the perception of one's reality, but the disorder mainly affects cognition. Schizophrenia translates from Greek to mean, roughly, shattered mind. Popular culture confuses schizophrenia with dissociative identity …show more content…
Bipolar disorder is different from the normal ups and downs of life that every person goes through because the symptoms of bipolar disorder are much more severe than a moment of distress. The symptoms of someone who is bipolar can result in damaged relationships, poor job or school performance, and even in extreme cases suicide. Bipolar disorder typically develops in late adolescence or early adulthood. However, some of the people that possess it have their first symptoms during childhood, and then some develop them late in life. Bipolar disorder is often not recognized as an illness, and people may suffer for years before it is properly diagnosed and treated. It is like diabetes or heart disease in the sense that it is a long-term illness that must be carefully managed throughout a person's …show more content…
Some people may have only one episode of schizophrenia throughout their lifetime, while others may have recurring episodes, but lead relatively normal lives in between. Others may have severe episodes through their whole lifetime. Schizophrenia has symptoms known and positive and negative. Positive symptoms are when the person sees things that are not there, such as hallucinations. Negative symptoms are when they are missing things that are actually there, or if they lose motivation for doing things in life or fail to take care of themselves