Unveiling the Complexities of Schizophrenia: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

Schizophrenia Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Instructor’s Name Course Number Date Introduction Schizophrenia is a challenging mental disorder that is intriguing and frightening. The mental condition has become prevalent in recent times, making it a subject of concern and debate to many scholars and researchers. Schizophrenia affects an individual’s behavior, thinking, and worldview. Schizophrenia impairs the normal functioning of an individual disengaging from reality—persons with this condition attempt to self-medicate by engaging in alcohol and substance abuse. Research by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) alludes those persons with Schizophrenia are paranoid of the outside world and act in confusion and fear and are at risk of committing suicide during psychotic episodes or when in depression (Ramya 2019). Schizophrenia is associated with hallucinations, delusion, abnormality, and split off from reality. According to (), schizophrenia begins in adolescence and late childhood. There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about schizophrenia. Many people perceive schizophrenia as a rare condition which is not true. Schizophrenia is a global mental condition, and according to (Cella et al., 2017), one in a hundred people have schizophrenia. Some say that patients with schizophrenia have split or many personalities, but this is not true because these people are just separated from reality. People with Schizophrenia can be helped and enjoy normal lives. This paper will discuss the various tenets of schizophrenia including its history, signs and symptoms, causes, treatment, and its risks and complications. History of Schizophrenia. To depict fragmented thinking, the name schizophrenia was