Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia


     WHAT IS SCHIZOPHRENIA? What does the term schizophrenia mean? In its

most elementary sense, we might say that schizophrenia is a disease,  invented

by Eugene Bleeder. Eugene Bleeder was one of the most influential psychiatrists

of his time. He is best known today for his introduction of the term

schizophrenia, previously known as dementia praecox. In actuality, schizophrenia

is often used generically and inappropriately as it is often applied to almost

any kind of unusual behavior of which the speaker disapproves. Schizophrenia is

almost universally viewed as the "classic example of madness" . It is a

startling and sometimes frightening experience to unexpectedly come across a

person who proclaims himself Jesus Christ, rants gibberish, or sits with his

body unmoving as if frozen in time and place. For some people, such an

experience is too shocking, too fearsome, too repulsive. They hurry away, trying

to dismiss the image of the deranged individual from their minds.

        No other illness is as disabling and baffling as schizophrenia. Today,

in spite of the drugs that have allowed many schizophrenics to live at home or

in the community, a significant number of people admitted to mental hospitals

are victims of the disease. According to the Encyclopedia Of Health,

schizophrenics account for nearly 40% of admissions to state mental hospitals,

30% of psychiatric admissions to Veterans Administration hospitals, and about

20% of admissions to private psychiatric hospitals. Schizophrenia is incurable.

Its cause or causes are yet unknown, and it is impossible to predict what course

the disease will take. There are many theories about the causes of schizophrenia,

its progression, and its eventual outcome. They are currently being explored by

researchers around the world.

     Schizophrenia's most dramatic symptoms are severe and perpetual

delusions and hallucinations. A delusion is a false belief or idea that logic

and reason show to be "crazy". A hallucination is seeing, hearing , or sensing

something that is not there. Both symptoms occur in other mental illnesses, but

the content of the schizophrenic delusions is often distinct enough that the

experienced psychiatrist or clinical psychologist can read
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