::+::Schezophrenia::+::

Dr Elaine asked us to do an oral presentation on Schizophrenia.
My group actually do an research on it.
I found that it is really an interesting topic to discuss..

Schizophrenia is a severe disorder in which the person suffers from disordered thinking, bizarre behavior, hallucinations, and is unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality. Schizophrenia was renamed by Eugen Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist, to illustrate the division (schizo-) within the brain (phren) among thoughts, feelings, and behavior that seems to take place in people with this disorder (Bleuler, 1911; Moller & Hell, 2002). Because the tern literally means “split mind”, it has often been confused with dissociative identity disorder, called “split personality.” A more modern definition of schizophrenia describes it as a long-lasting psychotic disorder (involving a severe break down with reality), in which there is an inability to distinguish what is real from fantasy as well as disturbances in thinking, emotions, behaviors, and perception.

While this part is the main part that i like the most:

Schizophrenia includes several different kinds of symptoms. Disorders in thinking are a common symptom and are called delusions. Delusions are false beliefs held by a person who refuses to accept evidence of their falseness. Common schizophrenic delusions include delusions of persecution, which people believe others are trying to hurt them; delusions of reference, in which people believe that other people or television characters are specifically talking with them; delusions of influence, in which people believe they are controlled by external forces such as devils or aliens; and delusions of grandeur, in which people are convinced that they are powerful people and who can save the world or have a special mission.

From a Psychology reference book, by Saundra K. Ciccarelli, there's actually a real story on a person named Deanna, with a family picture seemingly happier times. On May 12, 2003, Deanna Laney killed her teo young sons by crushing thier heads with rocks, believing that God had ordered her to kill her children. On the day of the killings, Deanna suffered a number of visual and auditory hallucinations. Mrs. Laney was found innocent by reason of insanity in 2004 and has been committed to a maximum security state hospital, where she is undergoing treatment fot paranoid Schezophrenia.

This is really amazing, the fact as in a psychological disorder can lead to death of both child. I wonder, if one day, Mrs Deanna awake or fully recovered, what type of feelings or emotions will she suffers...........