Research-Based Interventions on Dissociative Disorders
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week_6.docxResearch-Based Interventions for Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a type of psychos that is surrounds several severe psychological illnesses that can cause loss of contact with realism in company with major personality derangements (National Institute of mental health, 2014). Schizophrenia is also a severe brain disorder that is categorized by delusional thoughts and distinctive perceptions (National Institute of mental health, 2014). There are numerous of signs and symptoms that are representative of schizophrenia that we will learn about below. The expressions of these symptoms vary considerably from one person to another (Mental Health Association, 2008). Health professionals typically identify Schizophrenia if during any one-month period the individual has experienced two or more collections of; delusions, hallucinations, disorganization, strange speech patterns, or behavioral disturbances symptoms (Mental Health Association, 2008). According to Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley (2013), signs of schizophrenia are regarded in two ways, "type I schizophrenia is when psychotic behavior of the positive syndrome variety thought to involve chiefly temporolimbic brain structures. Type II schizophrenia is when psychotic behavior of the negative syndrome variety thought to involve chiefly frontal brain structures" ( p. G-21). Positive and negative symptoms are calculable characteristics and could indicate core signs of schizophrenia. Furthermore, there needs to be evidence the disturbances were present for at least six months and other sickness like mood disorders or schizoaffective disorder are ruled out (Elder, Evans & Nizette 2009). During the course of this paper, I will examine three research articles that provide evidence regarding various treatments, learn how the biopsychosocial regarding schizophrenia is used, and examine treating schizophrenia that seems to be the most effective.
Causes of Schizophrenia According to the Diathesis-Stress Model
Several psychologists agree that psychological troubles are because of a blend of biology and environmental reasons (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2013). The diathesis-stress model of abnormality explains how biology and environment work together with a person’s brain (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2013). According to the diathesis-stress model, individuals are born with a certain biological or genetic disposition to a psychological illness. Each individual's diathesis for a specific mental illness is different from another individual and can be swayed by biology or one's genetics (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2013). Genetic factors certainly have a big part in the etiology of schizophrenia; however, genetic predispositions can be fashioned by one's environment like prenatal exposure, disease, and many stressors that take place during important development of brain (Butcher, Mineka, & Hooley, 2013). In addition, positive environments may also drop the chance of genetic predisposition will cause schizophrenia (Elder, Evans & Nizette 2009).
According to the diathesis-stress model, even if an individual has biological and genetic factors for schizophrenia vulnerability does not guarantee they will get the schizophrenia. This simply means he or she are persuaded to be vulnerable to environmental triggers that can bring out schizophrenia (Butcher et al., 2013). An individual who is biologically at risk may not get the disorder if the environmental stressors are missing. On the other hand, an individual's genetics and biology can cause feeling to particular environmental factors, and particular environmental factors can be defensive for individuals with biological and genetic susceptibility. Furthermore, individuals who do not have a biological weakness to schizophrenia are doubtful to get schizophrenia with the same stressors that trigger the disorder as an individual who is biologically at risk. Next we will examine treatments for Schizophrenia symptoms.
References
Butcher, J. N., Mineka, S., & Hooley, J. M. (2013) Abnormal Psychology (15th ed.). Boston, MA: Prentice Hall.
Mental Health Association NSW (2008) Schizophrenia Kit, Retrieved from, www.mentalhealth.asn.au
National Institute of Mental Health, (2014) Schizophrenia, Retrieved from, http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml
