Schizophrenic Disorder Research Paper
PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
Psychotic disorders are severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions. These are mental disorders in which a person’s personality is severely confused and that person loses touch with reality. When a psychotic episode occurs, a person becomes unsure about what is real and what isn’t real and usually experiences hallucinations, delusions, off-the-wall behavior, chaotic speech and incoherency. A person behaving in this manner is often referred to as being schizophrenic.
Schizophrenia is one type of psychotic disorder.
The word schizophrenia comes from the Greek word skhizein meaning "to split" and the Greek word Phrenos (phren) meaning "diaphragm, heart, mind". However it was first called dementia praecox by Emil Kraeplin in 1896. It is a brain disorder that affects the way a person acts, thinks, and sees the world.. This can distress patients severely and persistently, …show more content…
Some of the different types of hallucinations that exist are described below:
Visual hallucinations - a person sees something that does not exist or sees something that does exist but sees it incorrectly. Several conditions can cause visual hallucinations including dementia, migraines and drug or alcohol addiction.
Auditory hallucinations - this is the most common form of hallucination in schizophrenics and refers to the perception of non-existent sounds. In schizophrenia, patients often hear voices talking to them but the hallucinations may also take the form of whistling or hissing, for example
Olfactory hallucination - these hallucinations involve smelling odours that do not exist. The odours are usually unpleasant such as such as vomit, urine, smoke or rotting flesh.
Tactile hallucination- this refers to when a person senses that they are being touched when they are not. One of the most common complaints is the sensation of bugs crawling over the
Psychotic disorders are severe mental disorders that cause abnormal thinking and perceptions. These are mental disorders in which a person’s personality is severely confused and that person loses touch with reality. When a psychotic episode occurs, a person becomes unsure about what is real and what isn’t real and usually experiences hallucinations, delusions, off-the-wall behavior, chaotic speech and incoherency. A person behaving in this manner is often referred to as being schizophrenic.
Schizophrenia is one type of psychotic disorder.
The word schizophrenia comes from the Greek word skhizein meaning "to split" and the Greek word Phrenos (phren) meaning "diaphragm, heart, mind". However it was first called dementia praecox by Emil Kraeplin in 1896. It is a brain disorder that affects the way a person acts, thinks, and sees the world.. This can distress patients severely and persistently, …show more content…
Some of the different types of hallucinations that exist are described below:
Visual hallucinations - a person sees something that does not exist or sees something that does exist but sees it incorrectly. Several conditions can cause visual hallucinations including dementia, migraines and drug or alcohol addiction.
Auditory hallucinations - this is the most common form of hallucination in schizophrenics and refers to the perception of non-existent sounds. In schizophrenia, patients often hear voices talking to them but the hallucinations may also take the form of whistling or hissing, for example
Olfactory hallucination - these hallucinations involve smelling odours that do not exist. The odours are usually unpleasant such as such as vomit, urine, smoke or rotting flesh.
Tactile hallucination- this refers to when a person senses that they are being touched when they are not. One of the most common complaints is the sensation of bugs crawling over the