Schizophrenia

by In A Nutshell Publishing

Though most people will experience mental illness in some variation throughout their lives, it can be difficult to understand what is going on inside of a person’s head when they stray from what is considered to be the norm. Mental illness can look differently on everyone. It can vary in severity, and the symptoms are known to shift depending on the individual and certain surrounding factors. Some mental illnesses are caused by traumatic events while others can be genetic or caused by alterations in brain chemistry. The truth is that mental illnesses are identified by patterns more than anything, and we have come to expect that certain conditions come with certain patterns. The interesting thing about this is that not every single individual experiences the same pattern even if they have the same condition. There are some traits that medical professionals have come to expect, but the individual component in each person ultimately determines what the illness will look like. This guide will help you Schizophrenia and its categorical types of expression Childhood schizophrenia Misconceptions of schizophrenia Symptoms Treatment and more in-depth detail of the mental illness that is Schizophrenia.

43 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 11, 2020

Reviews

[Caitlin Ball · Rating 4 out of 5]

It bothers me that despite the treatments are the same for the different types of schizophrenia. Antipsychotics + Therapy. Antipsychotics regulate dopamine in the brain and looking it over all the symptoms can be caused by too much dopamine. Which can also be solved by a change in habits and diet, eating foods which help regulate dopamine production. Like foods with high protein content. It’s frustrating that doctors are no longer allowed to tell people to change their eating habits, sleep, or exercise regularly. I wonder if this might be a problem that could be solved otherwise. Doing more research on this I learned that people with schizophrenia have “up to 25% less volume of gray matter in their brains, especially in the temporal and frontal lobes.” A lack of gray matter is something also commonly found in psychopaths. Gray matter is like a garage door for the messages our brain wants to send out, if it’s not there the car is going to be stuck in the garage. It can result in a decrease in the ability to control one’s actions. The temporal lobe is mostly for processing auditory information and memory, so a lack of gray matter there could cause confusion and an inability to organize one’s thoughts. The frontal lobe is movement and… I have to look it up, “voluntary movement, expressive language and for managing higher level executive functions.” So that makes sense too, a lack of gray matter here could be responsible for involuntary movements or speech. It’s interesting that each of the different kinds of schizophrenia can be shown in a scan, and that each effect specific parts of the brain. I hope that in the future we’re able to understand it on a basic level, so we can teach our children healthier ways of living that might prevent illnesses like this from occurring. It is also worrisome, keeping someone on a dopamine restrictor runs the risk of causing Parkinson’s later, doesn't it? I do like the idea of regular therapy for individuals in treatment. It makes sense as it will help correct habitual destructive patterns of thoughts or behaviors and help them understand healthier patterns thinking and reasoning skills. As a persons primary learned behavior is always the knee jerk reaction it must be consistent and repetitive. I think they say it's six months of regular practice before a behavior becomes habit.
In the end, I loved this book. It caused a million questions to spring up in my mind, which will probably turn into a lot of studying. It was professionally written, well organized, and easy to understand. Just enough information to keep me wanting more.