Mendoza
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Jenny Ann Mendoza
BMED 4260-01
11/28/17
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder affecting how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
People with schizophrenia have some sort of lost touch with reality making it difficult to
differentiate real and false perceptions. It has been known to be around for a long time and, “was
only classified as a distinct mental disorder by Kraepelin in 1887. He was the first to make a
distinction in the psychotic disorders between what he called dementia praecox and manic
depression.”
“The word “schizophrenia” comes from the Greek roots schizo (split) and phrene (mind)
to describe the fragmented thinking of people with the disorder. His term was not meant to
convey the idea of split or multiple personality, a common misunderstanding by the public at
large.” There are distinct types of schizophrenia, which are disorganized, catatonic, and paranoid
schizophrenia. Disorganized schizophrenia can start to show signs in early adolescents. These
people portray inappropriate behaviors and emotions. For instance, they may laugh at something
like a close friend dying or cry on a funny part of a movie. Disorganized schizophrenics also talk
in a nonsensical manner. They make up their own language or just talk backwards, they will have
difficulty finishing task. Catatonic schizophrenia is set apart from the others because of the
persons with it unique catatonic, or motionless state which is lead to believe the result of
untreated schizophrenia. Person who suffers from catatonic show bizarre posture, nail biting and
