Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and disordered thinking and behavior. It is caused by genetic and biological factors, not stress or depression. Symptoms include confusion, changes in eating/sleeping, withdrawal, and strange behavior. Treatment involves medications, therapy, and sometimes hospitalization. Finding a cure would help thousands of sufferers and could be highly profitable. It would be administered through treatment facilities and medical care. Funding research for a cure would benefit patients and society by controlling symptoms before they become dangerous.

1. Kenneth Reynolds Augusta Technical College

2. What is Schizophrenia? a mental disorder characterized by separation between thoughts and emotions, by delusions, and bizarre behavior

3. What Are The Symptoms Of Schizophrenia? Confusion Hallucinations Change in eating and sleeping habits Delusions Nervousness Sudden strange behavior Withdrawal from family and friends Anger

4. How is Schizophrenia Obtained? Genetics Chemical imbalance of the brain Stress is NOT related to the cause of this illness It is NOT brought on by depression

5. MRI Scan of Normal and Schizophrenic Brains in Males and Females LEFT (Normal) RIGHT (Schizophrenia)

6. Treatment Medications Therapy Hospitalization A mixture of all may be able to help someone with paranoid schizophrenia

7. Improvement Therapy Alone Had On Patients

8. Benefits of Finding a Cure Change Thousands of sufferers lives Company that discovers cure will go down in the history books Profit sums will increase dramatically Facility patient rate will increase

9. How Will Cure Be Administered? Patent admitted into treatment facility Once placed in the facility, patients will under go observation and medical treatment

10. Conclusion Funding for a cure to Paranoid Schizophrenia would benefit not only the patient but others around them as well. If not treated, the illness gets out of control and can cause the patient to hurt themselves as well as those around them.

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