Schizophrenia

By: Crystal Peraza, McKenzie Lundy, Javier Barreto Gonzalez,

McKinley Greear
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People with the schizophrenia disorder may seem like they have lost touch with reality and how they may think, feel, or behavior.
Scientists have figured out that schizophrenia can run in families and can be received in environmental areas. Environmental
factors could be viruses, problems during birth, and psychosocial factors. Scientists also state that it can be caused by many
different genes rather than one single gene.

Some symptoms may be hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, movement disorders, trouble focusing or paying attention,
and problems with “working memory” (the ability to use information after learning it)

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Facts:
1. Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that distorts the way a person thinks,
acts, expresses emotions, relates to others and perceives reality.
2. 1% of the population (2.2 million Americans) will develop schizophrenia.
3. There are five subtypes of schizophrenia: paranoid schizophrenia,
disorganized schizophrenia, catatonic schizophrenia, undifferentiated
schizophrenia, and residual schizophrenia.
4. Schizophrenia is not a terribly common disease but it can be a serious and
chronic one. Worldwide about 1 percent of the population is diagnosed with
schizophrenia, and approximately 1.2% of Americans (3.2 million) have the
disorder. About 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with schizophrenia this
year around the world. In the United States, this means about 100,000
people will be diagnosed, which translates to 7.2 people per 1,000 or about
21,000 people within a city of 3 million who are likely to be suffering from
schizophrenia.
5. About 10% of people with schizophrenia commit suicide and are more
likely to have a drug or alcohol abuse problem
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Myths About Schizophrenia
Myth: People get schizophrenia because they had bad parenting as children or because they have
weak character or personalities.

Fact: Schizophrenia is a complex disorder. It is not the result of anyone’s weakness or character
flaws.

Myth: Hallucinations (seeing, hearing or experiencing things that others do not) and paranoia are
the only symptoms of schizophrenia.

Fact: Schizophrenia is brain-based disease, so in addition to hallucinations, it affects multiple brain

functions, such as the ability to think clearly, manage emotions, make decisions and relate to others.
People with schizophrenia also have delusions, which are firmly held false beliefs, that may cause
them to think people are following them or looking at them.

Myth: Everyone who has schizophrenia knows that they have an illness.

Fact: Many people who have schizophrenia wait months, sometimes years, and suffer needlessly
before a proper diagnosis is made and treatment begins. Sometimes this is because they are
unaware of what is wrong.
Myths About Schizophrenia Pt. 2
Myth: Schizophrenia is hopeless; people who have it never recover.

Fact: While there is no cure for schizophrenia, there are effective treatments. Medications, recovery-oriented psychosocial
treatments and rehabilitation practices are increasingly helping people with schizophrenia to lead productive, successful and
independent lives.

Myth: People with schizophrenia have to take a lot of medications in order to get better.

Fact: Research supports that when people with schizophrenia are treated with a combination of anti-psychotic medications
and psychosocial therapies, they can and do get better. Psychosocial therapies involve work/school, family and relationships
and personal goals.

Myth: Everyone who has schizophrenia knows that they have an illness.

Fact: Many people who have schizophrenia wait months, sometimes years, and suffer needlessly before a proper diagnosis
is made and treatment begins. Sometimes this is because they are unaware of what is wrong.
If You Need Help…
Contact the Prestige Clinic in Allen Texas

22 Prestige Circle, Suite 200

Allen, Texas 75002

They can help through psychotherapy, acupuncture, western medicines, holistic

approaches, nutritional means, psychiatric evaluations and treatments.

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How to Prevent Schizophrenia
-Try to constantly develop social skills

-Dont use street drugs, and moderate any use of alcohol

-Avoid social isolation