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    Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders
    Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders
    Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders
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    Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders

    By William Harris

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    The schizophrenic is in fact completely alien to the surroundings and the personal and interpersonal events outside, retreating into his own world and reacting to stimuli in an incoherent and incomprehensible. So Schizophrenia makes progressively fragmented personality and methods of interpersonal exchange, thus involving not only the social sphere, but also the family. The first signs of schizophrenia usually occur during adolescence and early adulthood. Often the effects of the disease are confusing and upsetting family and friends. People with schizophrenia have difficulty in articulating thoughts. This condition leads them to have hallucinations, delusions, disjointed thoughts and behaviors, and unusual speech. Because of these symptoms, people suffering from this disease has serious difficulty interacting with others and tend to isolate themselves from the outside world. The first signs of schizophrenia typically occur in adolescence or early adulthood. Most schizophrenics suffer from a chronic or episodic in throughout his life, and is often stigmatized by lack of general understanding about the disease. Actually, who suffers from schizophrenia does not have a "split personality", and almost all schizophrenics are not dangerous or violent towards others, contrary to what is commonly believed. Indeed, it is much more likely to be victims themselves, rather than responsible for acts of violence.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherALVIS International Editions
    Release dateJun 25, 2012
    ISBN9781476118505
    Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders
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    William Harris

    William Harris is not a writer, but individual who has observed the insanity that has been plaguing this world, our planet for millenniums. In an effort to make sense of the madness he began researching and investigating past civilizations starting with Sumer where the first words were written. Sumer used cosmology and various other sciences and they were highly technologically advance civilization. Harris wondered why such an advanced civilization would disappear from the earth and not just Sumer, but others that came afterward. Harris discovered that the patterns within the structures of the various societies were almost identical and realized that today's societies, nations, etc. too followed the same design. Harris fears that today the world is heading down that very same path as the preceding nations and he feels that with all that is currently going on the world as we know it soon will be coming to an end. So, he wrote this book to reach out to all mankind to share with them his findings many which we are already aware of, but too afraid to do anything about it, or are just not aware what to do about the situations or how to proceed. Harris is hoping that the look into his insight will help open mankind's eyes as well as their hearts to get them to take back the life that GOD gave them. What Harris's research has concluded, is that one individual cannot save us, not even a few, but with all of us together we can make this the world that GOD intended for us.

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      Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders - William Harris

      Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders

      William Harris

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      INDEX

      Introduction

      General Features

      Signals of Schizophrenia

      Clinical Forms

      Types of Delirium

      Nuanced Forms

      Schizophrenic Spectrum

      The Symptoms

      Elements Diagnostic Elements

      Diagnosis in Childhood

      The Clinical Course

      Causes of Schizophrenia

      Nicotine and Schizophrenia

      Therapeutic Treatments

      INTRODUCTION

      Schizophrenia is one of the most serious and common Psychotic Disorders, its name derives from the greek meaning split mind, indeed, not entirely appropriate. The manifestations of schizophrenia in major cognitive functions such as emotions and behavior of the person. The schizophrenic is in fact completely alien to the surroundings and the personal and interpersonal events outside, retreating into his own world and reacting to stimuli in an incoherent and incomprehensible. So Schizophrenia makes progressively fragmented personality and methods of interpersonal exchange, thus involving not only the social sphere, but also the family. The first signs of schizophrenia usually occur during adolescence and early adulthood. Often the effects of the disease are confusing and upsetting family and friends. People with schizophrenia have difficulty in articulating thoughts. This condition leads them to have hallucinations, delusions, disjointed thoughts and behaviors, and unusual speech. Because of these symptoms, people suffering from this disease has serious difficulty interacting with others and tend to isolate themselves from the outside world. The first signs of schizophrenia typically occur in adolescence or early adulthood. Most schizophrenics suffer from a chronic or episodic in throughout his life, and is often stigmatized by lack of general understanding about the disease. Actually, who suffers from schizophrenia does not have a split personality, and almost all schizophrenics are not dangerous or violent towards others, contrary to what is commonly believed. Indeed, it is much more likely to be victims themselves, rather than responsible for acts of violence.

      GENERAL FEATURES

      Some authors consider schizophrenia a disease, a syndrome of other, still others a mental mechanism. In each of these views there is some truth. Schizophrenia is a specific reaction to a very serious state of anxiety, which originated in early childhood has matured over time and exploded later. Schizophrenia is a complex and diverse clinical entity that seriously affects the different areas of individual functioning (work, social, interpersonal, etc..) Generally characterize the severity of the symptomatic and depends on several factors (e.g. Subtype, the 'age of onset, treatment adherence, social support, etc..) which define the individual expression of the disorder. The symptoms are divided into positive and negative: Positive symptoms reflect an excess or distortion of normal functions, while negative symptoms reflect a reduction or loss of these functions can therefore be present positive symptoms of thought content ( delusions), perception (hallucinations), language and communication (disorganized speech), and control of behavior (grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior), and negative symptoms that manifest in emotional expression (flattening of affect), in the fluidity and productivity of thought and speech (alogia), and initiating behaviors aimed at a goal (abulia). Schizophrenia can express themselves with different psychopathological symptoms such as mood fluctuations that can fluctuate,

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