Schizophrenia.
Date Submitted: 06/19/2000 15:02:52
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Mental Health
Length: 8 pages (2281 words)
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Mental Health
Length: 8 pages (2281 words)
Amit Chaturvedi
Period 8
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is one of the most devastating mental illnesses known to man.
Those who are schizophrenic are dehabilitated in every aspect of human thought,
emotion, and expression. A schizophrenic's thoughts become chaotic and disorganized
and his mind becomes "divorced from reality" (Young 1988: 15). Schizophrenia crosses
all racial, gender, social, and economic boundaries, affecting approximately 2.5 million
people in the United States alone (Goleman 1996: C1). It is the most prevalent mental
illness in the …
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Regions of abnormal metabolic activity in the brain are apparent in the PET image of a
patient with schizophrenia. Red areas represent increased brain activity; blue areas show
decreased activity.
http://www.uthscsa.edu/mission/spring96/schizres.htm
PET scan of normal and schizophrenic brains.
MRI of schizophrenic and normal brain, highlighting difference in brain activity.
PET scan of identical twins, one with schizophrenia and the other twin without the
disease.
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