Schizophrenia

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This paper begins by explaining the nature of schizophrenia, followed by a discussion of the causes of schizophrenia. The paper offers information on several treatments that are being used to treat other brain-based diseases. These are discussed in order to illustrate that the options for treating schizophrenia are likely to increase substantially in the near future, creating the possibility that effective management, prevention and even a cure might soon be possible.

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"Schizophrenia is defined as "a disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, incoherent thinking, social isolation or withdrawal, inappropriate emotions, and strange motor behaviors" (Seamon & Kenrick 1994, p. 672). Individuals with paranoid schizophrenia tend to have delusions that other people are plotting against them, while believing that they have some important task to complete. Often this is a task of a political nature, for example the idea that the Russians control everything and that I am the only person who can stop them. The task is also often something that people believe has been assigned to them by God."

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