Schizophrenia: noun | schizo·phre·nia| 1. A mental disorder that is characterized by disturbances in thought (such as delusions), perception (such as hallucinations), and behavior (such as disorganized speech or catatonic behavior), by a loss of emotional responsiveness and extreme apathy….
What is Schizophrenia? The root of this disorder, comes from the Greek culture meaning, “split and mind”. The split refers to loss of touch with reality or what people consider a “split personality” (Davey, 2011). It is said to understand the epidemic and diagnosis of Schizophrenia, one must analyze the factors of the psychological and biological explanations, that support the evidence that justifies the explanations.
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe,
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However, within the biological explanation there are genetics explanation which is used largely based on scientific research, and the most studied one is the Dopamine Hypothesis. The idea is based on the role of chemical messengers between nerve cells and neurotransmitters. The excess sensitivity of dopamine results in the brain causes the symptoms. A perfect example that executes this explanation goes to a Ted talk by a woman name Eleanor Longden, who had the disease and has moved on. She stated in her speech, inn disguise from her fatal truth, she covered with a mask her fear of people, the anxiety of school, etc., with a smile, and acting as if she was ok. In college, her second semester, she had her first episode. From voices saying, "She's leaving" to "She is opening the door", talking in 3rd person. Sometimes the voices mirrored her emotions at the present moment. With the research into the psychological explanation, the family theory and the Schizophrenia Mother is based on uncontrolled clinical observations. And last, Schizophrenia is seen differently amongst people of different cultures. In a Sri Lankan society, it is common that having a member of the family with any serious mental illness may influence the way in which that whole family is perceived; that is, the family's reputation is thought to be negatively affected (Kuipers & Bebbington, 1988). Both the cultural groups agree that traumatic events such as childhood abuse could very well be the cause of schizophrenia. In Pakistan, "despite majority of the study population being well educated, only a few recognized schizophrenia as a mental illness and many held superstitious beliefs. A vast majority of Pakistanis have non-biomedical beliefs about the cause of schizophrenia" (Walker, Kestler, Bollini, & Hochman, (2004). More developed countries tend to view