Schizophrenia Stigmas, Causes and Brain Activity...
Schizophrenia Stigmas, Causes and Brain Activity Differences
Contrary to popular belief, Schizophrenia is not a mental health disorder but a
psychotic based disorder, in which those affected often experience psychosis. Those
experiencing psychosis are known to lose touch with reality; this loss often results in
delusions and/or hallucinations. This leads one to ask: what are the social stigmas,
plausible causes and brain activity differences related to schizophrenia?
Background
Schizophrenia is broken down into 4 subtypes: Paranoid type, Disorganized type,
Undifferentiated type, and Residual type (Goldberg, 2013). Paranoid type
Schizophrenia is the most well known type, and is often seen as the stereotypical
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Psychiatrist D. Fuller Torrey, M.D., states Schizophrenia is the modern day
equivalent of leprosy (qtd: in Tartakovsky, 2014). There are harsh stereotypes
surrounding those affected such as a higher level of danger, universal symptoms,
predetermined traits, a need for hospitalization, and even, put simply by Demian
Rose, M.D., Ph. D., a belief Schizophrenics are either psychotics or not.
(Tartakovsky, 2014). These stigmas lead to extremely detrimental effects such as,
more homeless sufferers, less job opportunities, a lower quality of life, lower self
esteem, higher stress levels, and more symptoms (Corrigan, 1998). Like most
problems, these stigmas could be corrected with a fairly basic understanding of
Schizophrenia and how it affects its sufferers.
The most common of these stigmas is the higher level of danger. According to
professor Dawn I. Velligan, many people believe those affected by Schizophrenia are
more dangerous than the general public because of their disorder; however,
schizophrenics usually tend to be the victims of violence rather than the perpetrators
(Tartakovsky, 2014). In addition, when treated or medicated, schizophrenics are no
more dangerous than the general population. Along these same lines, many believe
schizophrenics experience the same symptoms (Tartakovsky, 2014). There are