PSY 340 Schizophrenia

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Running head: SCHIZOPHRENIA1SchizophreniaPSY 340How has the understanding of schizophrenia evolved from ancient civilizations to modernpsychiatry, and what are the key biological and therapeutic approaches used in treatingschizophrenia today? (Word count: 500-600 words)

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SCHIZOPHRENIA2SchizophreniaSchizophrenia isdepictedas a mental disease, in which a personenduresindistinguishablethoughts, hallucinations, andlessenedskills to feelordinaryemotions. Schizophrenia is classifiedas a diseasein whicha person’sabilityare to processfeelings, observations,emotions,andperformance arecompletelydistraughtandabnormal. The wordschizophreniaisnot evenonehundred years old. However, this illness was firstdocumentedas an isolatedmental illness byEmile Kraepelin in 1887 and the illness itself wasgenerallyassumedto havebe an adjunct tomankind through its history.Theaccounts of schizophrenia has beenknownin humanhistory books and written by thePharaonic Egyptians as far back. The written Egyptian textportraytheirpopulacehavingthinkinginstabilitythat were documentedand wasknownnowas Schizophrenia. Itcan betraced tothe old Pharaonic Egypt, as the second millennium before Christ. Depression,dementia,andthought disorderusual in schizophrenia isexpressedin the Book of Hearts. Theheart and the mind seem to have beenindistinguishableinoldenEgypt. Theordinaryillnessesregarded asasymptomof the heart, uterus andoriginatefrom the blood vessels or from thefeces. Inearlytimes thelack of understanding of the mentally illwas prevalent. Citizensthatbelieved ofthismental disorderwas normally categorized as being causedby demons or evilspirits that couldonly becured byexorcising the person(Mathias, 2011).The signsof schizophrenia have beenportrayedin many other countries besides Egypt.Therehave beenmultipleotherrecognizablecases in ancient Greek,Chinese, andRomandocumentation. Studies haveexposedthat ancientRomanandGreek reportingshowed that manyofthe citizenspresumablyhad anawarenessof thementaldisorders such asschizophrenia buttherewasnoway for educators todiagnoseforschizophrenia in thesecultures.They just didnot have the education or knowledge to know of this disorders and then classify them

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