Schitzoid personality

A detailed Summary of Schitzoid personality

Schizophrenia is a mental disease that effects over 1 percent of the population. It can occur at any age but most commonly happens between 16-30. It leaves the patient confused in a chaotic state of mind with multiple debilitating mental confusion. The first of them being delusions, the patient is convinced that people around them can read their minds, and that they can read other peoples (British Journal of Psychology, 625). The patient then begins to believe that the people around them are plotting against them and are out to get them. Not only does the disease effect the patient mentally though, but also it starts to effect their physical sensations. The patients can't interpret incoming sensations and can't control their physical emotions, this effects the patients common sense of what to do in every day situations. For example when a person with normal mental health receives a gift their natural reaction would be to thank the person who gave it to them. A schizophrenic person would become confused and be unable to react and cope with the situation. The patient begins to get an altered sense of themselves and have an extremely hard time functioning in every day life. They start to be

lieve they can control other people's thoughts. They usually start to become violent because they get so confused with the thoughts of plots against them they believe they are defending themselves. A person who is diagnosed with a schizoid personality is basically on the way to having schizophrenia. It is considered a stage to the disease. The causes of each of the diseases are the same, and most of them are physical abnormalities of the brain.

In the treating of schizoid personality medicine is not an option. Medications almost always don't work. There are three different therapies' that generally work the best. Psychosocial therapy which is for less sever cases of the disease. This is considered sort of an outpatient program. The physician appreciates the privacy and maintains a low-key approach toward the patient. The doctor becomes involved in the patient's life, but not as far as to push comfortable limits. The patient is encouraged to go on with everyday life and learns to adapt back to society (www.mentalhealth.com). The next treatment most commonly used is individual therapy. This is usually a long-term therapy in which the doctor becomes very involved with the patient's life. This therapy involves a long gradual development of trust. The patient is provided with a sense of optimism, but the doctor is careful not to overwhelm the patient. The most successful therapy involves interaction that is constant and supportive, and yet allows the patient to set a distance of comfortability. After a

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